Parenta Blog
View from the walls: Curate don’t decorate
It’s about that time again - a time when educators think about sprucing up their classrooms, moving and changing the furniture around, creating new bulletin boards, cleaning out drawers and closets, and even throwing away some stuff in the dumpster. We begin...
Back to Basics – Part 1
For so long now our sector has been inundated with new research, theories, concepts, pedagogies and approaches to learning and development, in addition to being bogged down by guidance, legislation and adaptations as a result of the pandemic and the return to the...
The wonder of learning by seeing, feeling, and doing
I bet you have children in your setting, that just can’t stop moving and need to wriggle or move in some way when they are sitting down and always seem to have ants in their pants! I was that child and can tell you I was a total nightmare for everyone, including me...
Helping your child to manage their emotions
Every child responds differently when confronted with an emotional situation. Whether a child’s feelings of hurt or anger, excitement or joy have just been aroused, their reaction may be different to their friend’s. Or even the way they would have reacted...
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Top tips for the terrific twos – Tip one: the terrific twos
My second son recently turned two. Friends have commented that my first son skipped the terrible twos. They presume my professional skill set will get us through them again. I don’t fancy my chances. This series of articles presents ten tips for negotiating this...
The wonder of learning by seeing, feeling, and doing
I bet you have children in your setting, that just can’t stop moving and need to wriggle or move in some way when they are sitting down and always seem to have ants in their pants! I was that child and can tell you I was a total nightmare for everyone, including me...
Helping your child to manage their emotions
Every child responds differently when confronted with an emotional situation. Whether a child’s feelings of hurt or anger, excitement or joy have just been aroused, their reaction may be different to their friend’s. Or even the way they would have reacted...