Help Sheets For Parents

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Handy Hints:

• Practical tips for you and your child on preparing healthy lunchboxes. Check out the new Safe Food's Healthy Lunchboxes 

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Pre-School:

• Is my child ready for Kindergarten?

• Spatial Concepts and Relationships - Early Skills for Pre-Schoolers

• Pre-writing Hand Exercises

• Fine Motor Milestones

• What Are Basic Concepts?

• The Importance of Nursery Rhymes

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Gross & Fine Motor Skills & Handwriting:

• Using the Playground Environment to Develop Gross Motor Skills 

• Fine Motor Activities

• Handwriting & Fine Motor Skills

• Motor Development - Gross & Fine Motor Skills

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Maths & Language in the environment:

• Cooking: A Recipe for Learning Success

• Calendar Activities

• Using Maths at Home

• Maths Around the Home

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Reading:

• My Child Can Read – But Won’t!

• Helping Children Develop a Love for Reading

• Read with Me, Talk00 with Me

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Speech & Language & Communication

• What is the Difference between Speech and Language?

• Different Ways of Following Directions

• Causes and Treatment of Stuttering in young children

• Disconnect the Tech! Help your child plug into good communication

• The Importance of Teaching Sequencing to Young Children

• Phonological Disorders

• Types of Articulation Errors

• Making the R Sound

• Teaching the Fundamentals of Grammar and Syntax at Home

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Active Parenting:

• Active Parenting Promotes Successful Child Development

• 50 things to do before you're 11+ 

• Puzzles as Teaching Tools

• Top Tips for Fostering Resilience in Children

• Why Won’t My Child Talk About School

• The Importance of Pretend Play

• Routines are important

• Teaching Time Management at Home

• Learning Styles - How do I determine my Child's Learning Style?

• 7 Types of Learning S0tyles

• Good Study Habits and Organizational Skills Create Successful Students

• Poor Listening Skills Affect Learning

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IT - Apps & Internet Safety

• Apps for Education 1

• Apps for Education 2

• Top 10 Internet Safety Tips for Parents

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Self-care and Independence:

• Reaching Developmental Milestones of Self-Care and Independence

• Helping Children to Make Choices

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Social & Emotional:

• How Parents can Help to Encourage Social Success at Home

• Play dates

• If you have an anxious child

• If you are an Anxious Parent

• The Impact of Self-Esteem

• Helping Children Understand and Deal with Emotions

• Ten Ways to Teach Good Manners

• Children and Depression

• Personal Space – A Social Skill

• Sharing – An Important Social Skill!

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Behaviour:

• Positive Reinforcement: A Behaviour-Management Strategy

• Encouraging Good Behaviour

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Memory:

• 10 Strategies to enhance a Student's Memory

• Memory Strategies

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My Child has a Diagnosis:

• DCD (Developmental Coordination Disorder) Tips for Parents

• Dyspraxia – Symptoms and Treatment

• Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Visual Processing Disorder

• Short-term Auditory Memory (Working Memory) difficulties in children with Down Syndrome

• Books for Children to Explain Conditions

• Dyscalculia

• What is Sensory Processing Disorder?

• Sensory Integration and Proprioceptive Activities