School and education in general is a necessary part of growing up for our children. You may be considering homeschooling, or checking out all the different options of schooling and education available to your child and often those early years can seem quite daunting. There is a level of expectation that you can and will do all you can to ensure that your child gets the very best out of the hours spent in a school environment. We hope that they can learn as much as they can and then when they hit the age of 16, can feel confident in their choices to move on to further education. As a parent you ... read more
How To Teach Culture to Your Kids
One of the most important things that you could teach to your children is the fact that the world is made up of different cultures. Wherever you go, you're going to see people speaking different languages, eating and cooking different foods and even dressing a different way. If you teach your children and your teenagers that the world is chock-full of different cultures, you're going to help them to appreciate the differences in people and the traditions around the world. This is going to help them to go a long way in life - further than most! The world is a huge place and while it's scary ... read more
Why Early Education Is The Best Investment For Children
Education in early childhood is very important for children and adolescents; therefore, the world trend is to achieve stimulation for educational purposes, increasingly early in children. Early childhood is when the child faces their first communicative contacts with the world through their senses. The school stage is a period of great importance because, in this period, the first learnings take place: The child learns, develops, and exercises cognitive, affective, social, and motor skills. However, some children tend to develop at different paces than other children. This may mean ... read more
‘It’s Never Too Late to Consider Heading Back to Education
Photo Source The current coronavirus pandemic is making many of us reevaluate our lives. Rather than being stuck in the throws of our usual routines, where we often get little free time to think things over or plan major life changes, we’re suddenly finding ourselves out of work with a little more time on our hands. Many of us are coming to the realisation that we’re not actually all too happy in our current job roles, or that we’d like to try a change of career path. This could be completely feasible. Some roles you can head straight into, starting at the bottom and working your way up. ... read more
Teaching Teens: What Can Parents Do To Support Their Children Through These Crucial Years?
Pixabay CC0 License The teen years are among the most important in anybody's life, not least in regards to education. Getting the right exam results can open the path to higher education and better career prospects. This is as well as increased confidence and happiness. As a parent, then, doing everything you can to support your son or daughter at this stage of their life is essential. Here are five key steps that will help your growing teen from various angles. Invest In Better Tutoring Public schools are overcrowded and underfunded. In turn, many teachers are simply unable to ... read more
The Importance Of Learning Outside The Classroom
Whether you’re a parent wondering about how to give your child the most comprehensive and well-rounded education possible, or an educator who wants to give their kids the full breadth of learning experiences possible, you should read on. Here, we’re going to look at the importance of learning outside the classroom and a few examples of how it can be achieved. Photo by ddimitrova - Pixabay License The parents must be involved It’s been proven the case countless times that children who have their parents involved in their education outside of the classroom have a much better chance of ... read more
Dyslexia Doesn’t Have To Hinder Your Child’s Education
Image Credit. Education can be difficult for our children at the best of times — from social interactions, to classes they like and dislike, there’s a lot going on. For a child with dyslexia, however, education becomes even more challenging, which in turn can lead to them struggling in class. What makes dyslexia such a difficult topic for all involved, is because of how it can often be misunderstood and misinterpreted. This is because to the untrained eye, these mistakes can seem to be due to a lack of application during class, when in fact it’s due to struggling to process the ... read more
Studying To Support Your Business: Are You Ticking All The Boxes?
Maybe you’ve recently launched a business or dream about doing it in the near future. If so, using further education to complement your success is a very wise move. By developing new skills, you’ll be able to complete more tasks by yourself. Likewise, your improved understanding of the industry will help you make the right decisions for the sake of your company. Degrees and other qualifications aren’t cheap, though. Therefore, it’s vital that you choose the right form of study to support your business endeavors. Be sure to consider the following issues, and you won’t go far ... read more
Ways to Help Guide Kids Into The Career They Really Want
https://unsplash.com/photos/pKeF6Tt3c08 Kids can struggle with knowing what they want to do in life. As they grow, their plans swiftly change and loop around. But when they are young, they don’t yet know what they love. Sure, many kids will start off wanting to be footballers or YouTube stars; Twitch streamers or social media stars, actors, actresses. But they will soon grow out of this. The issue is when they approach the end of school because even though they’re not even really adults yet, they’re still expected to make a decision. You, as a parent, teacher, coach, or older sibling, ... read more
How Changes In Legal Training Are Making Law Careers More Appealing
For years, budding legal students have gone through the same process. First, they go to a regular university to complete a law degree. Then they go onto two or more years of professional training that introduces them to the “real world” before taking their exams and finally qualifying. Legal training, however, is changing in a way that is making law careers more appealing. Instead of students poring over textbooks in the library, the new approach is to give them more “hands-on” experiences in actual working environments. The American Bar Association is driving a lot of this change. The ... read more