Tips for promoting young children’s wellbeing
Sonia Mainstone-Cotton, author of Promoting Young Children’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing, provides some very useful and easy tips for supporting young children’s happiness at this…
Tag: educational psychology
What is the science behind being creative and why are people with dyslexia so good at it?
Margaret Malpas, author of Self-fulfilment with Dyslexia, provides an overview of the creative process in a person’s brain and explores the reasons why creativity is…
With dyslexia comes the determination to succeed – Margaret Malpas
Margaret Malpas, author of Self-fulfilment with Dyslexia, explains how it is not just talent that makes people successful but rather the strength of character to succeed.…
Disruptive, stubborn, out of control? How can we tackle challenging behaviour in schools?
In this extract from Disruptive, Stubborn, Out of Control?, Clinical Psychologist Bo Hejlskov Elvén looks at the psychology behind children’s behaviour and offers fresh advice…
The extraordinary projects making mental health a key player in the school day
Jenny Hulme, author of The School of Wellbeing, discusses her new book and the projects she’s explored that support students’ emotional wellbeing. At a time…
Try this simple maths game for primary school children
Try this fun and engaging maths game designed to teach primary school children how to count and recognise simple patterns, taken from Claire Brewer and…
That’s So Gay! Tackling homophobic bullying in schools
Jonathan Charlesworth, author of That’s So Gay!, discusses the concerted effort by the government and anti-bullying organisations to tackle homophobia in schools but admits that…
Fun activities to teach primary school children how to count
Try this fun and engaging maths activity designed to teach primary school children how to count, taken from Claire Brewer and Kate Bradley’s new book…
Why do two-year-olds behave differently to three and four-year-olds?
Liz Williams, author of Positive Behaviour Management in Early Years Settings, explains how young children will only be able to behave in a way that…
‘It’s not fair mum! You’ve bought more Christmas presents for him than me!’
Veronica Bidwell, author of The Parents’ Guide to Specific Learning Difficulties, discusses the importance of treating your children equally during Christmas. Admitting that children with…