What Parents Should Do With NAPLAN Results
NAPLAN results are currently being handing out across the country to students who sat the test in May. NAPLAN stands for The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy, and is administered to grades 3, 5, 7 and 9. Despite it’s divisive nature, NAPLAN is a fixture of the Australian education system and seems to […]
Clever Ways To Use Money to Teach Your Child Math
This post is sponsored by Westpac Who doesn’t love money haha. Once my eldest daughter realised what money was and what she could do with it, it was game on. Money is a pretty powerful thing as it enables us to get and do the stuff we want. Once kids realise this their interest in […]
How Learning A Musical Instrument Can Benefit Your Child
Last week a French Horn came home with school with my 8 year old. This joins our existing ensemble which already includes a tenor saxophone, keyboard and electric drum kit. I’m going to have to buy my neighbours noise cancelling headphones for Christmas. Despite my grumbles about the racket, I am actually quite pleased my […]
How To Get An Unwilling Child to Talk About Issues
Everybody has different ways of dealing with “stuff”. Some people, like myself, are talkers. I need to talk it out in order to process things, work out how I feel and to problem solve. Other people tend with withdraw to process things over time, while others shut down all together and avoid the tough stuff. […]
The Truth About Homeschooling
The stigma around homeschooling is decreasing and the number of parents around Australia choosing to educate their children from home is on the rise. With nearly 15 000 students registered nationally, and an even more estimated to be unregistered, parents are opting for home based education for a variety of reasons including lifestyle, special needs, […]
One Simple Way To Help Your Child Understand Division in Math
Math is such a fundamental skill in life and being able to do the basics is essential. Learning to divide is a math skill that will not only come in handy during math class, it’ll be useful later on in life when baking or dividing up the bill. You can help your child get a […]
Check Out This Free Math Education Program Aligned With The Australian Curriculum
This post is Sponsored by Westpac, who’s proud to offer Mathspace Essentials free for kids in Australia I am not sure if being good at Math or English runs in families but if it does I know my family is a math family. Math is something that we have all enjoyed on some level throughout […]
What To Expect From Your 11 Year Old
As you embark on the adventurous journey of parenting a tween, here are some helpful tips and bits of information to help you prepare. Cognitive development The 11-year-old brain is becoming more adept and is now capable of abstract thought. Abstract theories such as love and justice are now comprehensible. They are also capable of […]
7 Apps All Parents Need To Know About
Teenagers are notorious for pushing boundaries, making risky decisions and not always being open about their activities. It is par for the course and pretty much expected adolescent behaviour. After all, back in the day didn’t we all tell our parents we were staying at a friend’s place when we were really going to a […]
What To Expect From Your 3 Year Old (and what they should expect from you)
The short answer to the question “What to expect from your three year old” is: Not much! But that could just be my jaded view from here in the deep dark depths of threenager-ville. While I was researching for this piece I came across an article stating that, at three, a child “wants to please […]