Blog tagged as starting school

Three easy ways to get your kids to read better and enjoy it.

It’s little wonder that we often feel as though our kids aren’t as successful with reading as we’d like them to be. The “reading wars” - the battle between sounding out words and using the sentence as context for understanding - have seemed only to add unnecessary stress and anxiety for parents, car...

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31.03.22 03:45 AM - Comment(s)
Should I be teaching my preschooler to read and write?

My little one is about to enter big school. Like most mums, I’m a little concerned at just how ‘ready’ she is. Sure, she can open her lunch box, carry her backpack and put on her school uniform

But is she ready for the academic aspect of school? What about the social side of things? Have I done enoug...

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31.03.22 03:35 AM - Comment(s)
Five easy activities to help build children's fine motor skills!

What are fine motor skills, and why are they important?


Fine motor skills focus on building the strength and dexterity in the hands to improve your child’s efficiency with pencil grip, writing, drawing, gluing, scissor usage, tying shoelaces, buttoning jackets, opening bottles and a whole lot more! I...

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10.03.22 01:54 AM - Comment(s)
Begin Bright: Advocates for making learning fun and helping children to be happy, smart & confident

Begin Bright is an Early Years and School Readiness programme provider now in the UK. We have been supporting little learners to be happy, smart and confident for over ten years. We have a range of programmes, from early childhood education to school transition programmes.


A growing trend among paren...

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13.08.19 08:17 AM - Comment(s)