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Up until Grade 10, school is a secure and predictable environment, with few options of individual choices. But from Grade 11 onwards, the world of adult responsibility starts looming on the horizon–when one has to leave your comfortable oyster and start on the reality...

Dis die begin van ‘n nuwe skooljaar wat soos ‘n skoon papier voor elkeen op die skoolbank lê. Die rapport van verlede jaar is klaar afgeteken saam met die teleurstellings en verrassings. Hoe kan ons ons kinders help om vanjaar sommer met die intrapslag ‘n meer...

In die vorige aflewering het ons gekyk na die belangrikheid van ‘n eie studieplek vir elke kind in die huis. ‘n Ewe belangrike tweede stap is om ons kinders te help om hul eie papierwerk sistematies te organiseer. Elke skool het ‘n eie sisteem vir werkboeke, inligting...

As a parent, you can probably recall how easy it was to be distracted by a phone or the TV as you did your homework. Children today have the same trouble, yet magnified many times greater! They have computers, iPods, and cell phones with the ability to instantly...

....... make sure your children are in fit physical shape. It is so important that your children eat good food, get enough exercise, and get a good night’s sleep. The saying that “you snooze, you lose” doesn’t apply to learners who stay up late to cram for a test or...

Reading and making summaries is one way your brain can absorb information; taking information in verbally is another. Dig out your child’s soft toys and line them up for a lecture. Let your child pretend that he is the teacher, coaching the toys for a test. Explaining...

It’s quite common to stick Post-It notes with short reminders on one’s desk, book shelf, on the wall or bathroom mirror. But let’s be honest, if it is not acted upon, the words soon just become part of the furniture. How about putting your mind-maps, each created in...