Need to help your child overcome behaviour problems, but not sure where to start? If your children are defiant, throw tantrums or display aggression at home, preschool and school, this list of recommended books, compiled by psychologists and teachers in Sydney’...
Does your little person seem to struggle with physical sensations like seams and tags? Do they feel and express big feelings? Maybe they ask you lots of questions about what is coming up that day? Combined with anxiety, the anxious highly sensitive child may find...
According to Sonja Walker, teacher and best-selling author of SCHOOL READY: A practical and supportive guide for parents with sensitive kids, starting school is about more than lunchboxes, library bags and early literacy. Here she shares a top tip for helping your...
To test or not to test…that is the question! NAPLAN is perhaps one of the most hotly debated topics in Australian education. Many parents and teachers firmly believe that it’s important to monitor children’s basic literacy and numeracy skills with a national testing...
Sharing is a concept that many young children find difficult to master, and it’s especially tough for children aged under 6. This is because, developmentally, children aged under 6 are usually still concrete learners who find abstract ideas tricky to understand. While...
