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7 Ways Parents Can Help With Young Children And Their Values

If only it was easy to instil a decent moral code in our children. If only it was easy to bring them up to have strong values. If only we knew exactly how to help them develop a steadfast sense of right and wrong. As every parent knows, raising children...
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Preparing Your Child For Early School

We often hear the term 'school readiness', but it generally relates to a child who is about to enter the primary school system. Whilst this concept is of optimum importance and should be embraced by parents with older children, this term is not often applied to younger children who are...
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Project-Based Learning in Early Learning Centres

It's fascinating to see how project-based learning, once the domain of middle and secondary school curricula, is now becoming a preferred method of education in the early stages of a child's education. Learning by doing is of primary importance in early education and projects, particularly collaborative ones, provide innumerable touch...
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The Importance Of Animals As A Part Of The Learning Environment

A fluffy bunny. A clucky chicken. Even a squishy silkworm. You'd have to be blindfolded to miss the delight in a child's face when they interact with other living things (that aren't human of course) but there's much more to children and animal interactions than meets the eye. When children...
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