Embracing Outdoor Fun In a world where screens often dominate our leisure time, rediscovering the joy of outdoor play is not just refreshing but essential for our well-being. This article explores how outdoor activities, particularly the use of trampolines, can bring a harmonious blend of fun and growth, especially for children. The Joy of Bouncing:…
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The Great Confidence Calibration: Building and Strengthening Your Child’s Confidence Like an Expert!
Every child is like a seed, full of potential waiting to sprout and develop. A key aspect of their development is confidence – which plays an integral part in self-assurance and ambition. But what should parents do when their kiddo is feeling less than cheerful? Luckily, this helpful guide has you covered. Confidence Conundrum: What…
Nature’s Classroom: How Outdoor Play Promotes Physical and Cognitive Development
The great outdoors – an unlimited, natural playground that promotes curiosity, adventure, and learning. Providing so much more than just a breath of fresh air, outdoor play holds the key to unlocking a child’s physical and cognitive potential. Let’s embark on a journey to explore the myriad of ways outdoor play promotes growth and development….
The Bumpy Road of Childhood: A Look at Common Kids’ Skin Conditions
Children. Bless ’em. They’re out there exploring the world, getting mucky, and occasionally giving you a fright with a skin condition that could rival a case study in a medical textbook. But fear not, in the world of paediatrics, the skin is as adventurous as the child. Glorious Gritty Gritty Chickenpox Nothing quite says childhood…
How to Raise a Compassionate Child
How do you teach children kindness? Children are all capable of kindness, it’s just a matter of showing them how and teaching them why they feel the way that we do to develop their empathy. This is what we call emotional intelligence. The first step to teaching children compassion which you can work on by…
Top Tips for Preparing Your Child for Nursery
Nursery marks the beginning of a child’s journey through education. It involves a lot of change and getting used to, but it’s nothing that you can’t prepare them for. In this post we share tips from a day nursery in Richmond to help your child through this transition. Speak To Them For children this can…
5 Activities to Try with Your Child to Help them with Science
Science plays a pretty big role in our day to day lives. It’s all around us as it explains how the world around us works and is used in the technology and inventions we rely on. To explore the subject with your child, here are 5 activities you can try with your child from a…
Teaching Your Child to Resist Peer Pressure
At an early age children start thinking about how they are perceived by others and their opinions of them. Friends and peers become influential people in their lives which can lead to both positive and negative peer pressure. For adolescents, it can create the need to fit in by acting and dressing a certain way….
How to Raise an Inquisitive Child
Encourage your child to question what they see. It’s how we grow our understanding and find new ways of doing things. You can start with what you see around you by getting your child to research their origins and why things work the way that they do. Below we share guidance from a prep school…
Raising Resilient Kids: How to Help Your Children Develop Grit and Perseverance
Parenting is a challenging journey, and raising resilient children who can thrive in the face of challenges is a top priority for many parents. However, building resilience and coping skills is not always easy. It requires patience, persistence, and a well-thought-out approach. In this article, we’ll explore strategies for helping your children develop grit and…
5 ways to encourage your child to be more optimistic
In a world where many children are easily developing an entitled mindset, it has become extremely common to hear phrases like “what’s the point?” or “I’m so bad at this”. With children not understanding the importance of hard work and having a positive inner voice, they end up becoming pessimistic and seeing life negatively. As…
Tips for teaching your child problem solving skills
Whether it is an issue regarding a toy or difficulty with peer pressure and friendship groups, it is important for your little one to gain vital problem-solving skills to help them manoeuvre well through life. As parents and teachers, it is quite literally impossible to be there to solve every problem for children. In all…