How do we assess if children have learnt a fact or not? Usually it is their ability to recall a matching answer to a question we post them. “What is 10 x 10?” “One hundred.” (Learnt! Tick!) “If ten friends give you ten sweets each, how many sweets do you have?” “Er .. er… er […]
Monthly archives: March 2018
Achieving Greatness
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. We often wish for our children to achieve good things in life. Perhaps they have a skill that could be nurtured. Perhaps it could be art, music or drama. Maybe a child shows an engineering bias or a love for machinery, or craftwork. […]
Teaching children the art of conversation
Have you ever had a closed conversation? You know, the type where you try to demonstrate interest in another person, but end up getting rebuffed by short, simplistic answers, which appear to signal irritation and that you are wasting another person’s time by getting in the way of more important activities they would prefer to […]