Children as teachers make the best learners

Posted by NinaLaZina under education and learning

You know if you have learned a topic to a sufficient standard  when you can teach others what you have learned.  Often parents help  children by helping them with rote learning, drilling and repetition of facts.

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Model reading and a library card

Posted by NinaLaZina under Reading

Children respond well to seeing adults read and other family members reading!   If they see that reading is valued within the family then they are more likely to want to read themselves. If you are reading then it it is more likely that your child will sit beside you and want to read a book [...]

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Make problem solving a family affair

Posted by NinaLaZina under Numeracy for KS1 and KS2

As I have mentioned in previous post, it is vital that children have experience of problem solving.  Problem solving involves children applying common sense, logic, experience and prior knowledge in order to solve problems in a variety of situations. Problem solving in numeracy often includes numeracy that a child has learned and understood. However,  the numeracy problem often [...]

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Top 10 ideas to help your child with numeracy

Posted by NinaLaZina under Numeracy for KS1 and KS2

Numeracy is part of our every day life. Helping children to see numeracy as part of their life can help tremendously with their understanding and their enjoyment of numeracy. There are many opportunities to use numeracy which will help your child to develop problem solving skills and mental arithmetic. 1: Watch, participate or go to sporting events [...]

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A times tables grid can helps visual learners

Posted by NinaLaZina under times tables

What is a visual learner? Visual learners  like to see what they are learning, not just hear it. Visual learners like charts, maps, videos , copying from the board at school and films. A times tables grid is a great way for children to see the times tables and to help them solve times tables problems. [...]

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