My school teaching highlight last week was the two music lessons which I delivered to my primary 6 class. I am not musical and will admit that there were children in the class that understand musical terms and techniques better than me. These are children who benefit from the council music tuition programme. Today weContinue reading “Music in the Outdoors”
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This Past Week – 22 April
Wow – what a week! It was great to be back on my normal tutor schedule. Not to say I didn’t enjoy a break but I did miss the kids. So what learning highlights have I experienced this week? To begin, my group sessions have started! We have some great kids coming along and theyContinue reading “This Past Week – 22 April”
Why Read?
I recently posted about reading, why children may not enjoy their school reading and approaches you can take to it. Whilst I happily state I really do not care what a child reads, whether it is games, websites, books, comics of even the Argos catalogue, I really do believe they should be reading something. SoContinue reading “Why Read?”
What is Growth Mindset?
In tutoring we will often study a single subject area, it might be maths or literacy or something else altogether. Often, for a myriad of reasons, the children I work with find this area of study difficult, and this can lead to negative feelings. These feelings can lead to a child switching off to aContinue reading “What is Growth Mindset?”
Why Play?
If you have a look at my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/carolstutoringwestlothian/) you will quickly realise that I highly value play as a tool in creating the right environment where children can learn. This is not a new philosophy, indeed Plato stated that to keep children to their studies you should not use compulsion but instead useContinue reading “Why Play?”
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