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Encouraging Your Child to Be More Environmentally Aware

This is a collaborative post Raising a child that is conscious of how their actions and choices impact the environment is important for our planet, and we should all be doing more to protect it. Here are some tips from an independent school in London on how you can help your child become more environmentally …

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Helping Your Child Develop their Vocabulary

This is a collaborative post Helping your child expand upon their vocabulary is an important part of their overall development and academic growth. A wider vocabulary will help them with their education but will also improve their social skills and ability to communicate effectively. Fortunately, there are lots of things you can do to help …

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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 …