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How To Raise A Team Player

May 4, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Making someone a part of a team is going to impact their future growth, lead them into success, and develop their understanding of what it means to be successful in a group. It also shows a child what’s involved in working well within a team, such as learning to delegate, be a good leader to […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: attitude, children, communication, School, skills, sport, team

Helping Your Child Develop Their Problem-Solving Skills

May 4, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Problem solving skills are a key part of a child’s natural development. As they discover new things, experiences and more, a child is able to pick apart situations and solve the issues within them. It can be a really simple thing, like learning how to not spill over their drink, to more complex decisions later […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: children, education, growth mindset, problem solving, puzzle, resourceful

Swallows – 100 words

April 27, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Swallows. The pause year, when this was building site, they spat mud bricks under timber eaves and peacefully shat down unfinished walls. I moved in when they went to Africa – a cuckoo. In spring bird brains programmed to return. And return. Thwarted by slippery cladding: returned unnested, they found another perfect niche. A niche […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: 100 words, birds, creative writing, nature, nesting, swallows

Healing – 100 words

April 26, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Healing. Sometimes when dramas and other people’s lost possession distract from tending the broken parts, things change. You, check, fleeting to find that new skin is fresh and pinkly smooth. Fine, that’s that, you say. And go about infatuations and reactions, habits clunking into place – a solid construction. Moving forward. But under the carapace […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: 100 words, creative writing, healing, spring

Summer clothes – 100 words

April 24, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Summer clothes. Dawn, high blue and clear. Warm through double glazing. A day to get the boxes down from the top shelf. Hello linen, shirts with no sleeves. Sandal cages for naked toes. Dresses I didn’t wear last year, or the one before. Shorts. Espadrilles. Capris. Flip-flops. Even the names glisten in the sun. The […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: 100 words, creative writing, season, spring, summer clothes, sunshine

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