Blog Category: Learning Issues & Motivation

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HELP! My child can’t read

I can still remember the day in my first month of teaching high school English ...

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Top Tips: Best Books for Teens/Adolescents

In February 2022 I had a question from someone in my membership community about trying ...

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Helping boys cope better at school: Tips for teachers and parents

Boys struggling in school, in the Western world, from transition to high school, is not ...

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The downside of big dreams and what can help

It is considered a positive and even noble thing to encourage our children and teens ...

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The magic of movement still really matters in our digital world

Early homo sapiens had to move to survive and we are still biologically wired to ...

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Helping our children become their best selves

I’ve been chatting with many parents and teachers recently about the pressure and angst which ...

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Does your child have music hiding in their soul?

It never ceases to amaze me when I watch the finals of reality music shows ...

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Feeding your child’s passion from the banquet of life

When a child is born all parents hope that s/he will live a meaningful life and ...

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To praise or not to praise

Over the past couple of weeks I have been immersed in toddler land with my ...

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Helping kids learn to lose well

Increasingly here in Oz we’ve been hearing about violence in junior rugby clubs around the country. On ...

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Getting it ‘just right’ with extra-curricular activities

I was asked this week to comment for a national current affairs TV program about ...

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Why our children’s ability to think deeply is suffering

I want to chat about thinking. When I explore my building block about life skills ...

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Helping Children who Struggle with School

This article was first published in Parenting Ideas magazine in November/December 2013. More and more in ...

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Move baby, move: Why movement matters for babies

As parents we often can’t wait until our babies can crawl and then walk, and ...

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Why stickers, treats and ‘tificates don’t work (much)

When I was an undergrad at The University of Western Australia (UWA) I did Psychology ...

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Maggie’s tips for boosting your brain

When we buy a new device, such as an iPod or car, it usually comes ...

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Calming Our Students’ Lives

All parents and teachers want the best for the children in their care, we want ...

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Happy, calm children learn best

All parents want the best for their children – we want them to grow up ...