Tag: development
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Bucket list for Kids: Fifty things to do before you’re 11 ¾
I really liked this list published by the National Trust, except for the addition of the health and safety bits which annoyed me and contradicted the entire article. However, the article made me rather nostalgic, thinking back to when I was growing up in Canada in the great outdoors. We were chucked out the…
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Pushing kids too hard too early
I’m not a fan of ‘Hothousing kids’ an 80s term for pushing your kids to learn beyond their cognitive age. My daughter is only 4 and I’m a strongly believe in her learning via play at the moment; whether it’s a gentle introduction to Maths via board games, a Science lesson by walking through the…