Gardens and bees…
This time of year is particularly great for encouraging bees as the sunshine and intermittent rain encourages rapid growth of weeds and flora and fauna in our gardens which in [ . . . ]
Building avid readers by giving them choices
Reading is one of the most difficult and challenging things to encourage in students, but also one of the most important. With reluctant readers, ESL students and those with reading [ . . . ]
June Solstice Ritual 2018
The June Solstice brings a turning point in the year. I cleanse the house using sage and use the technique of smudging in order to welcome light and freedom into [ . . . ]
Board games are back again!
Those of us old enough to remember the time before video games (yes, there was such a time, younglings!) are very familiar with board games and jigsaws. I remember huddling [ . . . ]
Sweet for my sweet…Sugar for my honey…but Sugar is poison.
This is really interesting and though we have been hearing about the detrimental impact sugar can have on our health for a long time, these facts puts it into perspective: [ . . . ]
Beauty.
A friend sent this to me and I wanted to share it with you all Singer, model and former First Lady of France, Carla Bruni, said in an interview: “After [ . . . ]
Revision and revision techniques…
Is your son or daughter stressed about their GCSEs or their end of term mock exams? Are you worried they may not actually know how to revise? I am used [ . . . ]
The Black Market and The Hummingbird Love Charm Trade
Thought I would post this as it’s one of the strangest and also disturbing things I’ve come across recently. YouTube voodoo starring dead hummingbirds isn’t just a weird internet fad; [ . . . ]
The Indoor Generation – what are the facts and figures?
We spend 90% of our time indoors despite the fact that indoor air can be up to five times more polluted than outside. Children’s bedrooms can often be the most [ . . . ]
Make it a priority to read to your child (the earlier the better)
I am a fan of children reading – that is no secret. I am also a fan of parents reading to their children. New research is proving me right. There [ . . . ]
How can you support your dyslexic child?
Is your child struggling to read? Do you suspect that your child might be dyslexic because he/she is a reluctant reader? Are you wondering what you can do to support [ . . . ]
Loneliness Part 3: Mindfulness and Pets
Welcome back to my mindfulness blog where we discuss loneliness and how mindfulness can help us. In part 3 we look at some more ways to be mindful. Walking is [ . . . ]
Loneliness Part 2: Mindfulness and Pets
In my previous blog about loneliness, I wrote about some of the things that we could do to ensure that we have new and better people in our lives. However, [ . . . ]
The Royal Wedding
Most people have been looking forward to this weekend and the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. I’m sure that Diana would have been so proud of her youngest [ . . . ]
Are audio books the new way forward?
‘Shakespeare should be seen, not read’, said Sir Ian McKellen. And he should know. Would Shakespeare have agreed with him? Absolutely! Not just because few people could read easily in [ . . . ]
Loneliness Part 1: Mindfulness
Do you feel lonely when you are alone, or do you love the solitude of being by yourself? Being alone isn’t necessarily the same thing as being lonely – solitude [ . . . ]
More thoughts on the SATs – are they the best or worst thing for our children? (Part 2)
Welcome back…continuing from the Part 1 post on Saturday… …Sir Ken Robinson has suggested home schooling as a way to avoid the test-oriented culture of schooling. The Let the Kids [ . . . ]
More thoughts on the SATs – are they the best or worst thing for our children? (Part 1)
It’s that time of the year again and teachers, children and parents across the country are gearing up for the high stakes Standard Assessment Tests or SATs. These tests were [ . . . ]
Why are women often held back? (Part Two of Two)
In the second part of this two-part blog series I am looking at more reasons as to why women are often held back at work, in their careers and their [ . . . ]
Why are women often held back? (Part One of Two)
In this two-part blog series I will be looking at the reasons why women are often held back. I’ve been thinking about this and wondered about those women who fall [ . . . ]