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How Do My Child’s Lifestyle Choices Impact their Education?

This is a collaborative post As an adult, we all know too well that a late night or too much junk food can reduce productivity at work and make it difficult to concentrate. The same applies to children and their education. Their lifestyle choices play a huge part in how well they do academically, which …

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How to Identify Your Child’s Learning Style

This is a collaborative post Firstly, what does the term “Learning Style” mean? In short, it’s a term which takes into account the fact that everyone learns and processes information in a different way. Children, no matter what their age, learn through experience – the youngest learn through touch, taste and movement. Older, through listening, …

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Encouraging Your Child to Be More Inquisitive

This is a collaborative post What does it mean to be inquisitive and why is that a good thing? All children are born to be naturally inquisitive – they constantly explore and study the world around them from babyhood and this carries on into adulthood. As children grow, so does their passion for learning; babies …

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Five free and easy ways to help your child or teenager with their mental health

The words ‘mental health crisis’ are used a lot. Our children and young people are clearly struggling. Over half of all mental health disorders start before the age of 14, with 75% beginning by the age of 24. Rates have been increasing since 2017, from one in nine (11.6%) to one in six (17.4%) in 6 to …

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The easy way to teach your kids turn-taking with classic games

This is a collaborative post Kids today love computer games, Mario, Sonic etc and think the world revolves around their gadgets, don’t they? Whilst that isn’t always a bad thing and it helps you as a parent to have a bit of a break at times, it also can be sad as you feel you …