Too Young For School?
Parents should read more to their children at home and let them learn by playing, rather than enrolling them in businesses providing "prep for Prep Year", two pre-school lobby groups say
Parents should read more to their children at home and let them learn by playing, rather than enrolling them in businesses providing "prep for Prep Year", two pre-school lobby groups say
Here are a few links to the huge amount of research supporting the content presented in Secret Code Actions™ (please contact Nancy if you wish more links to the research)
Dr Jennifer Buckingham at researchED Melbourne 1st July 2017 .
Your home offers a treasure chest of reading enrichment opportunities. Keep books and other reading material (e.g. newspapers, magazines, graphic novels or comics, etc.) scattered around the home.The bonus: All of these opportunities can involve each and every member of the household. Here are a few ways to turn your home into a print-rich environment
Did you know children aren’t born with innate skills to regulate their emotions? In fact, they need to learn to manage their emotions, attention and behaviours. During the first few years of life, children learn how to concentrate, share and take turns, which helps them move away from depending on parents or carers to beginning to manage by themselves. This process is called self-regulation
When Sydney GP Dr James Best announced that he was going backpacking across Africa with his teenage son who has autism, the reactions varied from aghast to incredulous.
Many people live with hidden disabilities - conditions which don't have physical signs but are painful, exhausting and isolating. Sympathy and understanding from others can often be in short supply.
A purpose-built village mimicking local lifestyles will be built in Tasmania, using international best-practice models that have seen people with dementia live longer and need fewer medications.