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How to communicate with parents to improve learning outcomes for your student

by Robyn Papworth
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How to communicate with parents to improve learning outcomes for your student   If you have a student in your class who you are finding it difficul...
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Why movement and exercise is important for children's learning and development

by Robyn Papworth
Why movement and exercise is important for children's learning and development
Why movement and exercise is important for children's learning and development   Join in our 5 Day Movement Mini Course   Join our 5 Day Move...
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Feel more confident supporting children with autism in your classroom

by Robyn Papworth
Feel more confident supporting children with autism in your classroom
Feel more confident supporting children with autism in your classroom Last year I supported a teacher who was very reluctant at first to have me in...
Posted in autism classroom support, autism reward chart, autism teacher training, supporting children with autism in the classroom

How to build positive connections with children with autism

by Robyn Papworth
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How to build positive connections with children with autism I started working with children with autism because I could see their frustration wit...
Posted in autism classroom support, autism teacher training, How to build positive connections with children with autism, how to support children with autism

Why is balance important for children's learning and development?

by Robyn Papworth
Why is balance important for children's learning and development?
Why is balance important for children's learning and development? Imagine being unsteady on your feet with poor confidence in your balance, and the...
Posted in childcare activity ideas, early learning activities, early learning blog, important early learning milestones, improve children balance

Why I am passionate about working in the early learning sector

by Robyn Papworth
Why I am passionate about working in the early learning sector
Why I am passionate about working in the early learning sector   Warning: This blog post has been unedited and has been typed straight from my hear...
Posted in childhood education blog, early learning blog

How to create a supportive school staff room for overwhelmed and stressed teachers

by Robyn Papworth
How to create a supportive school staff room for overwhelmed and stressed teachers
How to create a supportive school staff room for overwhelmed and stressed teachers In this blog post I reflect on my own experiences working in a p...
Posted in overwhelmed teacher resources, school staff room resources

Why is crawling important for infants, toddlers, and school aged children

by Robyn Papworth
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Why is crawling important for infants, toddlers, and school aged children   Most babies will start crawling between the ages of 8 months to 12 mont...
Posted in early years crawling activities, how to encourage crawling, when should babies crawl, why is crawling important

How technology use is impacting children’s motor skills

by Robyn Papworth
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How technology use is impacting children’s motor skills In this blog article you will learn how technology use for children may be hindering their...
Posted in children screen time, children's motor skills, technology use is impacting children

Mindfulness kids activities - How to teach children mindfulness

by Robyn Papworth
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Mindfulness kids activities - How to teach children mindfulness In this blog article you will learn how I teach children and adults mindfulness be...
Posted in early learning big emotions ideas, early learning mindfulness activities, kindergarten mindfulness activities, teach children mindfulness

What is visual tracking and why is visual tracking important for learning

by Robyn Papworth
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What is visual tracking and why is visual tracking important for learning So you may have come across this page because you have a child who has di...
Posted in how to improve visual tracking, visual tracking early learning activities, visual tracking reading, visual tracking strategies for children, what is visual tracking

How to help children to sit still during circle time

by Robyn Papworth
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How to help children to sit still during circle time   There are two main reasons why a child's body struggles to sit still   A learning body is f...
Posted in children struggling to sit still, early learning sitting still, help children to sit still, improve focus in the classroom, sitting still strategies