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In my early teacher training in the 80’s, I was very fortunate to be trained, supervised and professionally evaluated, by some genuine masters of the teaching craft. Of course, there were a few less inspiring educators as well but that’s life. J
One of these exceptional educators, was a mid-70- year-old, old-fashioned Christian Brother. He was tough, very tough. He was an ex-boxer, disciplined ( still exercised to sweat, for an hour every morning and encouraged all of us to do the same ), hard...

Most good teachers ( and parents for that matter), have always known and taught, the importance of being able to read out aloud, especially to an adult. This adult can then invest some time in gently guiding the excited new reader to ‘harder’ books.
One of the most effective ‘yardsticks’ for parents to measure the competency of an early reader ( can be as young as four or five but usually around Year 1 or age 7), is their fluency, rhythm, intonation, timing, phrasing, etc. In other words what they...

One of the best pieces of wisdom I’ve come across in recent times, is the notion of ‘future living’ our goals and intentions. Initially, I found this whole concept very foreign and wondered if it was merely some New Age thinking that sounded good but...

One of the most frequently asked questions from our Seniors at this stage of the year is: ‘How can I write so many short answer and essay type questions within a short timeframe?’
The often unwanted answer is – practise. Practise. Practise and when you think you’re done, practise a little more but make it count. Make it meaningful for your brain as well as your hands and fingers. In a certain sense, one IS the extension of the...