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Nature’s Day – 100 words

May 16, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Nature’s day. Today was the day the dog and I agreed that the grass was too long, too wet, too full of thistles and nettles. We went the long way round to the field. Detour an annual inevitability, we are already dancing with traffic at the edge of the road, defeated by blind lunges into […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: 100 words, dog, May, nature, spring

The 6 Benefits Of Planning School Trips For The Children

May 16, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Planning school trips are not only ideal for their learning but there are many other benefits that come from taking children away to new places.    It doesn’t matter if the trip is to a new country or not, the experience and learning will still be abundant. If you question whether or not you should […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: children, education, School, school trips

Contrary – 100 words

May 13, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Contrary. Sunshine springtime, how glorious. This evening I’ll unspool the hose and twizzle its nozzle to drench rockery, fretful sproutlings, seeds, wildflower experiment, weary pot-dwellers. Hardly worth winding it back, this dry spell persists. Meanwhile: must kill the weeds. Mixing poison, pumping handle bites my palms and trigger finger spray, fatal drizzle for audacious opportunists. […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: 100 words, creative writing, gardening, summer, weeds

Top Tips For Helping Your Child Learn A New Language

May 4, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Picking up a new language can be a new way of learning for a whole host of young children. It’s also the perfect time for children to develop these skills; picking up a language earlier in life helps a child learn a language in a more positive way. To help your child with their new […]

Filed Under: family, review Tagged With: brain, communication, french, language, School

How To Help Your Child Get Into University

May 4, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

University is an end goal for a lot of students in school, with plenty of support available to help them get there. To continue providing support for your child, you should aim to use a number of resources to help them on their journey to university. Here in this guide from a sixth form in […]

Filed Under: family, review Tagged With: advice, application, Exam, study, teenager, UCCA, University

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

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