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No matter how patient you are, how many devices you own, or how creatively you parent, if you’re not a teacher, suddenly becoming one during the coronavirus lockdown is going to come with a learning curve. But even with everyone stuck at home — the kids bored and parents trying to work without losing their sanity — homeschooling is doable if it’s approached in a calm and measured way. And it doesn’t require loading up on homeschooling books or creating elaborate homeschool curriculums.  Sponsored by Pandora Gifts to Say Thanks for Always Being There Whether you can’t speak face to face with your mom on Mother’s Day or want to give the mother of your children something special this year,...

Spatial reasoning activities for kids help them in understanding shapes and making their mental notes. Like a simple drawing of a house can be described as an arrangement of two rectangles, a parallelogram and a triangle. Spatial reasoning is the ability to manipulate shapes and orientate them mentally. It is the ability to understand how different shapes fit together to make recognisable objects. Tangram is the famous game and one of the most popular spatial reasoning activities for kids. It involves geometry, problem solving, visualisation and pattern predictions. Spatial reasoning for kids crucial as it affect your child’s early math skills and are an important predictor of achievement in STEM fields. Visual-spatial skills are of great importance for success in solving many tasks...

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)We started going to the cinema a lot more often after Star Wars. My parents seemed to enjoy the sudden surge in cool and exciting blockbusters, and maybe it was because I was taking such an enthusiastic interest in movies. I remember us going to see Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and The Empire Strikes Back a couple of times. Though I have a distinct memory of my grandparents coming to stay with us for a week, bringing my (step?)uncle with them. He was a couple of years older than me, and the first weekend of their visit I went with him into the city to see Clash of the Titans during its final...

Here is a continuation of the article in my post yesterday. Hempenstall explains just why it is crucial to spot problems with phonics in year 1: The probability that a child who was initially a poor reader in first grade would be classified as a poor reader in the fourth grade was a depressingly high +0.88.Juel, C. (1988) If children have not grasped the basics of reading and writing, listening and speaking by Year Three, they will probably be disadvantaged for the rest of their lives. Australian Government House of Representatives Enquiry. (1993). The Literacy Challenge. Canberra: Australian Printing Office. “Unless these children receive the appropriate instruction, over 70 percent of the children entering first grade who are at risk...

When students returned for their first week in school after the deadly shooting in Florida, their biggest surprise was the therapy dogs welcoming them. They were the perfect bunch, participating in all classes along with students while showering unconditional love and comfort.It is not the first time that therapy dogs have been proved as a valuable friend to students. Several schools in the US, such as the Kings Hill School have introduced Pet Therapy Programmes to contribute to the improvement of the overall school experience. The merits of animal-assisted activity in schools are proving to be remarkable, encouraging more schools to undertake such initiatives. The Effect of Therapy Dogs on StudentsTherapy dogs are canines specially trained to provide relief for humans....