by Melissa van Hal | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Education & Ideas
An introduction to readingReading without a doubt plays a central role in our education, communication and development. Poor reading skills can set a child back detrimentally in school. Although this blog post is based on foundational reading the principles can be...
by Melissa van Hal | Jul 31, 2018 | Blog, Learning Challenges and Differences
What is Support Learning? Definition Support learning assists children (with or without learning differences) in developing their learning skills and abilities. Support learning is designed to tap into each child’s strengths and help address concepts that the...
by Melissa van Hal | Jun 25, 2018 | Blog, Tips & Guidlines
Many children battle with goal setting. Their goals tend to be unrealistic or based on the standard answers they believe are expected of them. With that in mind, I provide this goal-setting method with an explanation detailing how to help young learners choose healthy...
by Melissa van Hal | Mar 5, 2018 | Blog, Tips & Guidlines
Recently, I read a very interesting article about common parent ‘mistakes’ in our society today. This sparked off an idea to write about different behaviours we should avoid when raising our children. The content I will discuss will be based on a variety...
by Melissa van Hal | Feb 26, 2018 | Blog, Tips & Guidlines
Listening is an invaluable skill that forms part of your child’s social, emotional and life skills. But are you listening to your child? Does your child feel as though you are listening to them?It is very difficult to pay attention to our children sometimes; we are...
by Melissa van Hal | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog, Tips & Guidlines
Part ThreeA follow on from ‘What to ask Teachers and Professionals during Meetings’These questions look at the expectations for homework, tests and exams as well as the basic administration questions such as contact points and dates.If you have not read ‘What to ask...
