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5 a day for play
Play has a Purpose Play is important and has a pivotal role in a child’s learning and development. Children want to play because it is fun and fascinating and their motivation to play is similar to hunger, thirst or tiredness … Continue reading
How to support your child’s learning, no the answer isn’t supervising homework.
Do you want to spend your time standing over your child to check homework or would you rather help your child develop the values, skills and knowledge to be independent and self reliant. Some children are born with powerful drive … Continue reading
The Power of Play: 10 reasons why children play to learn
Children at play are not playing about. Their games should be seen as their most serious minded activity” Michel de Montaigne 16th century writer Children learn through play, but equally importantly, play teaches children how to learn. Psychologists from the early … Continue reading
Why I don’t believe that motivation is irrelevant to success
Research has been published recently which claims that motivation is irrelevant to results in schools. They even suggest that as motivation goes down in high performing countries like Korea then results go up. The danger here is the failure to … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and Learning
Tagged educational success, engagement, Grit, growth mindset, learning, mindfulness, motivation, play and learning, self discipline, strengths
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School holidays: how children learn even when they appear to be playing.
Will your children have a happy Easter break doing things they love and avoiding boredom? Are you confident that things will go well or do you wonder what to do for the best? Is this a time for rest and … Continue reading
Creating confident learners: is a growth mindset enough?
The advantages of a Growth Mindset are well known and many schools now have an active Growth Mindset policy. Growth Mindset is a brilliant and deceptively simple concept based on Carol Dweck’s research. She has identified that learning is more … Continue reading
Posted in Positive Psychology, Teaching and Learning
Tagged Carol Dweck, competence, educational success, emotional wellbeing, engagement, growth mindset, Hope, inner resources, mindset, motivation, optimism, Positive Psychological capital, PsyCap, resilience, self regulation, self-efficacy
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Do you really want your child to be a genius?
Why oh why does a programme like Child Genius get an audience? It is wrong on so many levels, elitism, a fascination with the eccentric and a guilty pleasure in finding fault with the parents whose greatest wish is that … Continue reading
What Children Need to be Happy, Confident and Successful
I am grateful for this review from Chris Chesterman at Quest Psychology which has recently been published on his website. This book by Jeni Hooper, an educational psychologist, is an important work for anyone – parents, teachers, children’s professionals etc. – who … Continue reading
The importance of play and why children need more of it.
Play is like sleep, it is vital but extremely under rated by our too busy, achievement seeking world. Both seem like an option, rather than a necessity, that can be pushed way down the priority list. Yes it would be … Continue reading
G is for Growth Mindset: The A TO Z of a Flourishing Childhood
Introduction. When we give children a great start in life their chances of being happy, confident and successful soar. As a Child Psychologist I’m interested in what works to give each child what they need to flourish. I’ve focused on … Continue reading
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