by Peter Macinnis The young people who will be the next generation's decision makers need to have come up against questions with no pre-ordained answer. And what safer place is there to do that than in your own back yard?  ...read more »

by the Editor      Parents take heart – the alarmingly abstract masterpieces produced by your children could be teaching them how to reason like an adult.  ...read more »

by the Editor      The world often breaks down into numbers and regular patterns that form predictable cycles. And the sooner children can inherently grasp these patterns, the more confident and comfortable they will be with the world of maths.  ...read more »

by Jayneen Sanders      When my daughters were in their first year of school, every week they would come home with a list of sight words to learn (often known as ‘the golden words’) — words such as ‘and’, ‘was’ and ‘put’. If you have ever had a child in their first year of school, you will KNOW what I am talking about!  ...read more »

by Bob Perry, Charles Sturt University      Have you ever thought about the mathematics that there is in your life? What about the mathematics that there is in the lives of your children? Mathematics is all around us and we ‘do’ mathematics every hour of every day.  ...read more »

by the Editor      Having now settled into a new school year, our children are encountering varying degrees and types of homework, assignments and projects.  Homework may be repetitive and boring, and projects may require a great deal of parental help – but this is what is expected, and we all do our best as families to support and encourage our children in completing them.  ...read more »

by the Editor     Today's children need to learn more than ABCs and 123s to thrive as future leaders - they should also learn a foreign language, according to experts.  Learning languages helps increase listening ability, memory, creativity and critical thinking - all of which are thinking processes that increase learning in general.  ...read more »

by Angie Wilcock     If you have a son or daughter who spends an enormous amount of time sitting in front of the computer, scrolling through what appears to be millions of websites to find ONE piece of relevant information for an assignment... you are not alone!  ...read more »

by Dennis R. Overton     Imagine as a child not being able to read off a screen or board or out of a book and not know why? Not being able to pick up a coloured pencil and colour the little frog red; or unable to distinguish ripe or unripe fruit or follow colour coded instructions on a web page.  ...read more »

by the Editor     Poring over the works of Dr. Seuss, the adventures of the Berenstain Bears or exploring the worlds of Hans Christian Andersen with a child has always been a great parent-child bonding exercise.  ...read more »