How to teach your child to read
There are some simple activities you can do at home from an early age that will teach your child to read.
Free printable: Rhyming game to teach literacy
Rhyming games help young children strengthen listening and concentration skills, and it helps them hear, notice, identify and start to play with the individual units of sound that make up words.
How volunteering helps your child
Volunteering teaches us that everyone is valuable, thus developing ethical behaviour.
Is time-out a positive punishment?
Some believe giving children quiet time doesn’t help them regulate their feelings. Is time-out a positive punishment? Two mums share their views.
🎥 What causes hearing loss in children?
Hearing loss in children can develop before eight years of age, but often go undetected as it presents itself unexpectedly.
Sleep disorders in children
In this podcast, Sydney Adventist Hospital paediatrician Dr Hugh Allen discusses the most commonly asked questions and treatment options for kids’ sleeping disorders.
Is your child a bully? Here’s what to do
Bullying has terrible effects on the victims involved but one of the toughest things to hear from your child’s school is that your own child is the bully.
Feelings word list (Free Printable!)
Next time your child expresses their emotions, extend their vocabulary by using this list to help them to label these feelings.
How to explain death to a child
It can sometimes be difficult to explain death to a child, especially if you’re processing grief yourself. Here are a few tips on what to do.
Free printable: How to discipline a child
How do you discipline your child at home? Learn how to discipline a child with this step-by-step guide you can print and keep in a handy place.
Would you discipline another parent’s child?
It’s one thing to discipline your own child, but would you ever step in to tell another child off if what they’re doing is impacting your kid? Two mums share their views.
Preparing for the full-on fours
Boys don’t just develop at a different rate to girls. They also have unique developmental stages, triggered by hormonal shifts, which are only just being understood. The “full-on fours” is the first of these.