Education

25 Free educational websites to support your kids learning

Following long school closures caused by the pandemic, some children might need a little extra help with school work or a head start before the school year? Luckily, there is heaps of support online in the form of brilliant free...

Back To School

5 Essential tips for your child’s first year at school

Your child’s first year at school is a big milestone. It’s the beginning of a great adventure into their school years, but it can also be a time of challenge and change. As a parent, it’s also completely normal to...

Education

The 4 most important values to help your child navigate school

As parents and caregivers, we want our children to succeed in life. In particular, there can be a lot of anxiety about our children doing well in school. In part this is because academic achievement can often (but not always)...

Education

How to get your kids to school on time, every time

This term, my eight year old started at a new school. Complete with 8.15am start and 35-minute commute. Bring it on 2023 … we can do this! Exit leisurely brekkie. Enter car door smoothie for mum and child’s airline lap...

Education

Give your pre-schooler a head start in literacy (and enjoy it)

Are you feeling under pressure to give your child a head start in literacy? Being a parent is pretty stressful at the best of times, with all kinds of demands dumped on us left, right and centre. Add ‘teach my...

Education

Help, my child doesn’t want to start school

Starting school can be an exciting and nerve-racking time for both mother and child. Some kids are counting down the days and hours, while others are filled with fears and worry. I get it. My son is a stage 5...

Back To School

How to navigate back to school as a single parent

January is the season of back-to-school expenses. As a single parent, you essentially now have the joys of doing this on a single income with or without help from your ex-partner. I am dedicating this blog to tips on how...

Education

Helpful ways to prepare your child for primary school

Starting school is an exciting time in a child’s life. It can also be an anxious time for children and parents alike. So, how can we help our child prepare for school in such a way that will minimise their anxiety...

Education

How to help your child adjust to a new school?

Sometimes we have to make choices that don’t meet our desires. Packing our whole life in suitcases and boxes, moving houses, cities and countries, changing jobs and schools. Change is inevitable at certain times in our lives. Although adults are...