A child transformed

I, also, want to let you know that using Easyread has been such a positive experience for Jacob so far. He never objects to doing his lesson or the extra exercises asked of him. My family and I are thrilled to have found a program that certainly seems to be the...

Healthy Snacks for Hungry Kids

Children tend to come out of school ravenous and thirsty. And it’s just so easy for them to reach for the biscuit tin and the sugary drinks. But pretty soon that sugar high will be replaced by an even deeper low and they’ll be whining for more biscuits. Then tea...

Factoid Friday: The problem with the ‘ough’ sound

It’s Factoid Friday time! Did you know that the combination “ough” can be pronounced in nine different ways? The following sentence contains them all: “A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling...

Ben's progress is amazing…

Just to let you know that Ben’s progress is amazing. He goes to Explore Learning which is a computer based tutoring class where he is frequently getting scores of 85% plus and at least one score of 100%. The programme aims for children to get around 70% per...

Making education fit the child

There is a slow, seismic shift happening in the education world that is long overdue. The past can be summed up by this great cartoon: In the old days some people were successful in school, but others failed, despite great potential. You were then referred to as being...