This week, we have a guest blog from Stephanie Ward who talks to us about self-confidence and her advice on creating a happy, confident child. We are looking at self confidence this week because it is one of the core values we hold at Skills4Parents. Here, Steph gives us her three top tips for nurturing confidence in your child. I […]
Skills4Parents provides education support and advice for parents, and online maths tutoring. Our core values underpin every piece of advice, and all of the work that we do. Our core value is individuality. From this, we have 4 other values of self-esteem, self-worth, self-belief and self-confidence. Last week we looked at self-worth, and this week we consider self-esteem and the […]
At Skills4Parents we provide education support and advice for parents and online maths tutoring. We have core values that underpin every piece of advice, and all of the work that we do. Our core value is individuality, and from this we have 4 other values of self-esteem, self-worth, self-belief and self-confidence. Today Liz, founder of Skills4Parents, takes a look at […]
This month in Education Support 4 Parents we are focusing on improving our children’s mental health. We are doing this by working through the Skills4Parents values of individuality, self belief, self-worth, self-esteem and self-confidence. This week we have been thinking about our children as individuals and how we can encourage the school to treat them that way. When I was […]
This month we have been looking at how to revise. Today Liz explains the differences between the different resources to help you find the best maths books for your child. There are a few main publishers for resources and they each have their benefits. At Skills4Parents we focus on the individual and what suits them. We recommend that once you have […]
There are 17 weeks to go until the GCSE exams start. Revision will be starting soon, does your child know not only how to revise, but how and what they should be revising? What can you do to help them? Liz, explains some of her top tips. Only revise what they need to revise It’s a human tendency to want […]
Over the last few weeks we’ve been considering algebra. Today I want to give you my algebra top tips so that you can master those algebra basics. Understand the order of operations This is always the first thing that needs to be understood. Go back and read my blog post all about this, ‘How to Stop Getting Maths Wrong’. Once you’ve […]
Last week, we looked at the skills that you get from algebra. This week I want to look at the jobs that would use it. Now, we know that a lot of the jobs our young people will go into don’t even exist now, but the skills will be the same. It’s expected that we will change careers 5 times in […]
It’s November, and for this month I’m going to be looking at algebra. So many people fear algebra but there are so many ways to help you conquer it. Today I want to focus on the order of operations, as if you don’t understand this you will not be able to do Algebra, or indeed any maths! When we teach […]
So you’ve bought the revision guides, and you’ve got highlighter pens galore. You come up with a timetable and the record cards are piled up to make flashcards. You sit down at your desk and your mind goes blank. What should you start with? What if it doesn’t work. Here’s my top tips to help you revise in a way […]