The road to confident handwriting begins when your child is a preschooler. This practical advice about prewriting skills for preschoolers comes from children’s occupational therapists at Kids First in Sydney’s northern beaches. What is the importance of...
How much personalised careers advice has your 15-to-18-year-old received as they approach their final years at school?According to Annika Williams, Wise Choices Careers Advisor at Kids First Children’s Services, as they approach the milestone of finishing high...
In today’s world of computers, portable devices and other ‘screens’, it might be easy to think that handwriting is a redundant skill for kids. While technology is racing into classrooms all over Australia, children are still required to hand write exams such as NAPLAN...
Children who struggle to write letters the right way around, remember spelling and concentrate on tasks often have underlying visual perception problems. Occupational Therapist, Morgan Webster from Kids First is Sydney’s northern beaches, explains what this means and...
Do you think that your bright, curious, highly verbal, and capable pre-schooler could be gifted? Many parents wait until their gifted child goes to school to start catering to their unique needs, but in doing this, they can run into problems. Kids First psychology...
Ever heard the saying ‘we have friends for reasons and friends for seasons?’ This might sound completely rational for a grown adult whose friendship with another person might have recently cooled, but for kids, losing a friend can cause anxiety and distress....
