
ARE PRECONCEIVED IDEAS about language, limiting communication and speech?
Communication is vital to passing information to other people and understanding what is said to us. Communicating, therefore, is seen as...

HELP! My child does not talk.
Most parents excitedly acknowledge the first-time baby accomplishes any new skill. At the same time, however, parents’ anxiety tends to...

DARE to be different!
As a parent, we worry about our children, which often becomes a genuine part of our existence. We ask questions like is my child happy?...

DYSPHASIA, speech and low muscle tone of the lips, tongue, and jaw
When they're born, children attain various developmental milestones, including oral motor skills. Children learn how to co-ordinate...

PLAYING, is it part of learning or just for the child’s enjoyment?
It has always amazed me that when a child is asked what they did today, they usually answer, “nothing, we just played.” This statement...

Walking rings and old fashion tummy time!
Motor development should become a new parent’s buzzword throughout their child’s early life as it is crucial for a baby’s physical...

“PLACING A CHILD IN A BOX” - Are you quick to label your child?
As children and adults of the 21st Century, we pride ourselves on the technological advancement of information and are often overzealous...

FOR THE LOVE of reading!
Advertising often maps the direction of our lives. As a result, we are coerced in what to wear, what to drive, how to live and what our...

IMAGINATION, are our kids using theirs?
One of the English learning exercises I enjoy playing with my class is “Finish the story”. I start telling a story and then stop, and...

CURSIVE HANDWRITING SKILLS - The great debate!
Should precious learning time be wasted on cursive handwriting skills? In this day and age of abundant smartphones, laptops, and tablets,...

VALUE IN REPETITION - Let’s do it again … and again!
Your child has asked you yet again to read the same storybook, put on the same movie, play the same game, or sing the same songs? After a...

SHAKY MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATION KNOWLEDGE - Is the new way of teaching the cause?
Over the last century, there has been a huge paradigm shift in teaching and learning. In the 1900s, teacher-centred instruction was...

GEOMETRY in nursery school?
We live in a world of shapes - Hexagons stop signs, triangular warning signs, rectangular windows, circular wheels, and the list goes...

FRIENDSHIP, the greatest gift in life
Friendship is an integral part of children, teenagers, and adult life, yet a human doesn’t have to have friends. A person’s genetic...

IS THE INTERNET BEING USED RESPONSIBLY?
Oh, the joy of not having bookshelves full of dusty, heavy volumes of encyclopedias and dictionaries. The internet is the most innovative...

WHY WOULD YOUR CHILD NEED A TUTOR?
In today’s fast-paced lifestyle, more academic pressure is placed on learners by teachers, peers, and parents alike. These excessive...

HOMESCHOOLING – a new trend?
Homeschooling has been practiced since the 17th century. It was first established due to a lack of educational infrastructure. Today,...

THE DREADED WORDS ‘CHORES’!
Every household spends some time of the day completing chores. The question is, who is assigned to the task? An overworked, exhausted...

PLAYDOUGH is useful to teach all ages
Virtually every small child has had the joy of manipulating playdough. Apart from being great fun and a wonderful sensory learning...




















