Every day in every way you are teaching your child. You may not know that you are doing this, you may not be aware you are doing it, but you are! Every time your child sees you doing something, anything, you are showing your child that what you are doing is important. Every time your
Summer is here and the lessons that had been set by teachers, either in class or on line, are no longer part of your child’s life. Children are no longer expected to learn and complete schoolwork. The long weeks of the summer break beckon. Not having to learn new things and do new work comes
You know your child needs your support but do you know why and what to do about them? Check out these ten reasons – and the actions you need to take to deal with them. Schools can’t do it all – I was a teacher and I know that even the most dedicated teacher, no
As a teacher of students who were struggling to learn I had one question. Why do some children learn more easily than others? I knew that it had nothing to do with a child’s intelligence because some of the slow learners I worked with were very bright – just not ‘school bright’. By ‘school bright’
Parents are juggling home life, work, and helping one or more child continue their education. Talk about increased stress! And this stress is increased when your child finds on line learning difficult. Students are having to move from classroom learning to learning on line. For some students this is not a problem, maybe even a
Hi, I’m Patricia Porter (Dr. Patricia Porter if you want to be formal!). I was a classroom teacher for over 35 years, both in England and in Canada. I always wanted to be a teacher but I thought that I would go to university to get trained. That didn’t happen. I had done OK in
