My Play Kit: Early Childhood Development Through Play
With a background in education, Lisa Lunjevich understands the importance of the bond between a child and their caregiver to encourage creativity and early…
Education
ACG Strathallan Preschool: Providing children with the best possible start
Now celebrating her second year as Preschool Manager at ACG Strathallan, Angela Lunam loves her role at the early learning centre. As she continues to provide…
To The Families Who Have Decided To Continue Homeschooling…
By Samantha Johnson … You are going to be OK. I never planned to be a homeschooling parent. In much the same way as I never…
Fun, Brain-Based Activities For Kids
Passionate about inspiring and teaching young people, Victoria Jenkins uses her 20 years’ experience as a primary school teacher to educate others about the…
Feel-Good Children’s Book: How to Not Go to School
‘How to Not Go to School: Parsley Mimblewood Saves the World!’, is a story book originally written by primary school teacher, Mike Forde, to help his year 3/4 class in North Yorkshire deal with…
Welcome to ACG Parnell Early Learning School
As Centre Manager for ACG Parnell’s soon-to-open Early Learning School, Jane Chen is looking forward to the excitement of welcoming everyone to this new, custom-designed…
A Time to Hear, A Time to Listen
By Sarah R. Moore I’m saddened for the Class of 2020 and all the kids who’ll miss out on the rest of the school…
Chaos to Calm: Positive Parenting Education
Chrissie Davies has a positive approach to understanding and raising children. An experienced educator and mum to two young children, she has genuine empathy and…
Forest & Bird’s Kiwi Conservation Club
Have you heard of Forest & Bird’s Kiwi Conservation Club | Hakuturi Toa (KCC)? It’s something we’d recommend you look into if you haven’t. KCC has been connecting Kiwi kids and their…
Child-Led Learning: How it Works & 3 Big Benefits
By Sarah R. Moore Child-led learning is an approach to education that differs from more structured teaching, wherein children learn by pursuing their interests…
Early Play and Communication
By Donna Heather “Oh, you get paid to play? That must be nice!”. I have heard this so many times over my career as a speech language therapist. Yes,…
Bespoke Births: Holistic Health and Birth Support
Angela Ivory is the founder of Bespoke Births (NZ). She is a registered Homeopath – Dip Hom, RC Hom, Certified Hypnobirthing Practitioner, Certified Lamaze…
The Best Things About Being Homeschooled
By Lotus Kay“School makes me sad.”“School makes me angry.”“School makes me depressed” are all popular Google searches. Clearly there must be something wrong with…
Online maths tutoring to engage and educate young learners
As an experienced primary school teacher, Courtney King began offering tutoring after the birth of her son, and discovered that there were key mathematical…
World Travellers Homeschool their Kids: Field Trip to Central America!
By Janet LoSole In my first two trimesters, I studied the pregnancy books prone in bed as I powered through morning sickness. In the third trimester I…
Whole Heart Relationships: Finding relationship satisfaction post children
Nothing can truly prepare you for becoming a parent and the life changes that come with it. Sleep becomes a thing of the past…
Thriving with ADHD – a mother’s mission
Written by Tina Wild, Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA), in collaboration with Lou Brown, ADHD Coach, Consultant & Advocate Being a parent has to be the most…
What is holistic education?
Self-reflective, creative, intrinsically motivated beings with a balanced world view is the ultimate goal of holistic education. Holistic education models celebrate the child for…
Teaching kids how to protect the earth
By Sarah Moore As I write this, the Amazon rainforest is ablaze. That’s a very big problem; there’s every chance that the fires could…
SPCA’s top tips for preparing pets for a new baby
Media Release, 3 September 2019 New Zealand’s most common birthday is 29 September, with the 10 most common birthdays all appearing in the 13-day period…