Short, practical pieces from sessions, classrooms, and conversations with families – on tutoring, neurodivergent kids, play-based learning, and behaviour and emotions.
Weekly lessons aren’t the only path to meaningful learning. Three reasons occasional “pop-up” classes can be just as effective – for a lower cost.
Tutoring tipsSitting down to do focused work on paper or screen is an essential skill. Five easy suggestions for building a child’s tolerance for it.
Tutoring tipsThe first consultation is free, no-pressure, and includes your child. Here’s what to expect in the lead-up and how to book.
Baking, measuring tape in the park, shapes in sensory play, and counting what is already in the room – four easy ways to reintroduce math before the first day back.
Play-based learningWhen children are given the camera instead of the educator, documentation becomes collaborative and meaningful. Three easy ways to include children’s photography.
Play-based learningChildren are biologically built to learn through play – and denying them that time backfires. A case for balancing worksheets with real playtime.
Play-based learningAt -21°C, even a 10-minute visit outdoors can be too much for little ones. Some ways to keep kids active and engaged indoors on the coldest Calgary days.
Thirty children, and a whole lot of shifting emotions in the lead-up to the holidays. What I noticed in the classroom, and the strategies I lean on to support them.
Behaviour & emotionsWhen a child’s behaviour is bouncing off the walls, they’re asking to be seen and heard. All behaviour is communication – our job is to work out what it’s telling us.
