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• Helping Children Learn Through Their Own Play

  Posted in: Latest News | Posted on: 05 May, 2017

  Why adults have to stop trying so darn hard to control how children play Here’s a new piece from Angela Hanscom, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook, a n...

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• Are We Teaching our Children to Just Rely on Technology?

  Posted in: Latest News | Posted on: 05 May, 2017

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• Bilingualism

  Posted in: Latest News | Posted on: 05 May, 2017

  Telling the difference between Bilingualism and a Speech Disorder I’m happy to welcome Scott Prath, M.A., CCC-SLP, the Vice President of Bilinguistics in Austin, Texas to share h...

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• Sharing Knowledge with the Next Generation

  Posted in: Latest News | Posted on: 05 May, 2017

  Importance of sharing knowledge with the next generation In a pilot program, run by the University of Wollongong (UOW), retirees have shared their knowledge and skills with the nex...

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• Could We Learn Something From Schools in Finland

  Posted in: Latest News | Posted on: 05 May, 2017

  This is why Finland has the best schools The Harvard education professor Howard Gardner once advised Americans, “Learn from Finland, which has the most effective schools and ...

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• Writing Tips From an Author with Dyslexia

  Posted in: Latest News | Posted on: 05 May, 2017

  A dyslexic author’s writing tips for dyslexic kids Tom McLaughlin, who has always had a weird relationship with words, offers his supportive and beautiful writing tips to dys...

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• Fun with Music via Water!

  Posted in: Latest News | Posted on: 05 May, 2017

  Can You Make Music with Water? This science center display explores water and sound. To make this display, I used glass vases from a craft store ($0.99 each). I added liquid waterc...

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• Australia’s – Not Alone In Seeing the Need to Help Children with Reading Challenges

  Posted in: Latest News | Posted on: 05 May, 2017

  More resources needed for school kids with dyslexia, expert says Dyslexia is not an uncommon problem among the nation’s school children, though many kids are not getting the ...

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• Age Discrimination

  Posted in: Latest News | Posted on: 05 May, 2017

  Full-time Age Discrimination Commissioner appointed Psychologist and advocate for older Australians, Dr Kay Patterson, will become the new Age Discrimination Commissioner, replacin...

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• Books To Teach Life Lessons

  Posted in: Latest News | Posted on: 05 May, 2017

  10 Books to Teach My Kids About Life Growing up as an only child, I had a lot of time on my hands. Road trips were especially problematic, without a sibling to harass me or steal m...

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