The three step recipe is: keep on learning prep for discouragement keep your eye on the goal   I’ll be launching my Free Video Training Series in a few days time and its entitled ‘The 3 Key Ingredients to Happy, Confident and Resilient Children: Tips and Strategies Grounded in Applied Child Developmental Psychology’. In this free […]

We will be addressing a question from a parent about her child being extremely clingy and this is not the first, but every time I get this question, I get really really frustrated when parents make it sound like it’s their child’s fault that they are being clingy because I know that if parents only […]

I’ll be hosting a free webinar on ‘Setting limits and ground rules in the classroom that children would (gladly) follow’ this week and you can register for it HERE.   I will be sharing tips for teachers who’d like to know how to manage a classroom better – starting with setting ground rules. So if you’re feeling:- -overwhelmed […]

Molly asked a question about managing inappropriate behavior in the classroom. I have shared two areas that she (or any early childhood educator for that matter) could benefit from if they spent a bit more time working on those skills. I’ve been getting quite a lot of emails and messages from early childhood educators about […]

We have a question from an early childhood educator regarding managing children’s behavior. Jennifer wants to know how we can help children who have destructive behaviors in the classroom and I shared with her two very important things that she will need to do: Research Address underlying cause Now as simple as this sounds, it’s […]

Marianne Sunderland is the genius behind ‘Homeschooling With Dyslexia’ and I am a HUGE fan of her work for quite some time now. Here’s some fun facts about Marianne: – she is AWESOME! – she is a mom of 8 children, – she homeschooled all her children, – some of her children have learning differences, […]

We’ve got a super special guest on my show this week! ……and he’s a really interesting character……great personality……. ………and not to mention……..has a good sense of humour (trust me, you’ll hear me laughing all throughout the interview!). He’s none other than Sprague Theobald……who has agreed to be interviewed to speak to us about his struggle […]

We have had the privilege of learning from Laura Weldon, homeschooling mom of 4 children and author of ‘Free Range Learning’ who has be gracious in sharing her wealth of knowledge about how she successfully homeschooled her children. If you haven’t heard the series, do check out some of the other topics that Laura has […]

Today’s question was sent in by a Reggio Emilia teacher named Philipa from Australia and she has asked about what to do when teachers can’t get children to wait for their turn to talk. In this podcast, I share 4 steps to implementing some ground rules into the classroom so that you can create a […]

This week, we will be learning all about what are some tools that we will be needing so that we will know what to expect should we consider homeschooling our children. Do we need a curriculum? Do we need to stock up on resources? Do we need to be trained? ……..are just some questions that […]