Liz Taylor from Skills4Parents talks about Geometry and gives you some great tips to share with your children to improve their maths skills
Top tips for Learning Algebra
During March we are looking broadly at the four topics that make up the Maths curriculum. This week we are looking at algebra, which has probably just sent you into a spin! So many people find algebra scary, but with the right understanding and teaching it doesn’t need to be! Here are my top tips to help: Use your maths […]
Want to Improve Your Maths? Start Here.
When you think of Maths what do you think of? For a lot of people it’s numbers, for others it’s algebra. This month I want to think about the 4 areas of Number, Algebra, Geometry and Statistics, which make up the English maths curriculum. Understanding the make-up of these topics will help with maths GCSE, as you can work out […]
My top tips for the holidays
We are now over a week into the school holidays and is your young person bored? Are they stressed by homework? Are you struggling to get them to do their homework? Here’s my top tips for taking some stress out of learning maths in the holidays 1. Make it fun: There are lots of fun activities that you can do […]
Reducing Stress using Dunn and Dunn Learning Styles
Getting the best from your young person is about understanding them and knowing them inside out. Today I want to explain why you should look at different learning styles to understand your child. Rita and Kenneth Dunn were psychologists who came up with this model over 20 years of research, with the majority of the information presented in the 1970s. […]
Strategies to cope with schooling in self-isolation
This week in Education Support 4 Parents (our FREE facebook group to support parents with the education of their primary and secondary aged young people) we’ve been discussing the challenges and joys of schooling when our young people are home in self-isolation. Unfortunately this is something that many parents are having to deal with, as bubbles get sent home, and cases of […]
Understanding Learning Style Models to Improve Learning
Understanding your young person and how they work helps you get the best from them. You can also teach them to get the best from themselves. “The things that make me different are the things that make me” Winnie the Pooh Learning styles were developed because we are all different and don’t fit neatly into boxes. For that reason I […]
How to reduce the stress of homework
Last week I discussed the amount of homework your young person should be getting. This week I’m looking at ways of reducing the stress of homework. In our FREE facebook group Education Support 4 Parents there were many discussions last week about how homework can be an added cause of stress in the home. Relaxed work at home occurs by understanding the young […]
How much homework should my young person be doing?
Homework, a word that causes stress and anxiety for parents, teachers and young people! Are they getting enough? Are they getting too much? These can be tricky questions to get a definitive answer to, so today I’ll discuss what the purpose is and what you can do to support your young person. There is a wider debate about whether homework […]
Alternatives to Tutoring
When a young person is struggling with their maths it can seem that the only option is to get a tutor. Whilst that is right for some, it is not for others. A parent knows their young person better than anyone else, and when you combine that with the right resources you get an unstoppable force which can be just […]