Research tells us the most effective way to help a child achieve something difficult is to acknowledge their effort. This acknowledgement, together with praise and positive attention often combine to encourage children to repeat the preferred behaviour that parents...
Is your child refusing to give up a dummy? Adamant that monsters live in their room? Anxiously hanging on to a blanket or comfort toy that is well past its used by date? Unwilling to stay in their own bed all night? Kids First’s Child Psychologist Robyn Fallshaw has...
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a very specific motor speech disorder that affects children’s ability to say the words they want to say. It is sometimes also known as developmental verbal dyspraxia. Children with CAS have difficulty planning and consistently...
Is your child keeping up with Year 4 or Year 5 Maths? This Maths skills summary, from experienced teachers who provide Maths tuition at Kids First Children’s Services in Sydney’s northern beaches, provides an easy guide to the kinds of Maths tasks your...
Is your child keeping up with Year 4 or Year 5 Maths? This Maths skills summary, from experienced teachers who provide Maths tuition at Kids First Children’s Services in Sydney’s northern beaches, provides an easy guide to the kinds of Maths tasks your...
