
A Common Scent Solution For Better Learning Outcomes
If you have a child or adolescent who struggles with: reading and re-reading text - they're really having a hard with absorbing and comprehending it struggling with mental mathematics following complex directions you're getting reports of them being highly...
Indoor Voices Please!
In this month's video blog, I'm sharing a simple strategy that we find very helpful to help children find their indoor voices - even when they're excited or upset. When children are getting noisy for one reason or another, it's very easy for adults to respond with an...

Practice Leads To Mastery
Research is clear that the best way to develop writing skills is with frequent practice. While many children naturally seek out writing and practise for the sheer fun of mastery, some don't. What can you do to motivate children to practise writing correctly? In this...
Managing The After School Crankies
In this month's video blog I share some of my favourite hints, tips and strategies for helping children handle transitioning from home to school . Do you have any children in your household that struggle with making the transition from home to school? It’s...
Speech Sounds For Starting School
One of the questions I get all the time at the beginning of the year as children are about to start school, is "My child can't say "s" properly, should they be able to?" Today I decided to unravel the mystery, along with exploring other "tricky sounds". When children...