Children have a deeply embedded need: they need to experience their environment, know it and understand it. Children want to know how to fit in, to be themselves and yet belong to the family unit. As they get older they have a need to belong to the communities they know and trust, the classroom, the … More How a Child can experience the world

A lot of issues that face our world have stood out recently:- Fatal stabbings in London, Violence in a synagogue that leads to hundreds of Jews training to use the gun, constant cheating at examinations in Nigeria, and the horrible baby factory business that was uncovered in same. The problems are immense and we could … More The Issues and changing the Narrative

Dear Concerned Parents and Teachers, Good morning, here is a letter from a young girl, she is 8 years old in Primary 5. Here is what she wrote: Dear Mummy, I am sorry to write this letter, but I tried to talk to you yesterday, you shouted at me that you are busy. I am … More Mummy I need your help

  The school bus service is one of the few aspects of running a school that most School Owners wish they could easily do without. In actual fact, I am sure we may have each met at least one School Owner who refuses to run a school bus service. Ask parents, and you will also … More The School Bus Service

The School Owner to many are mostly greedy, profit hungry entrepreneurs who could careless about the children in their businesses called a school! But is this really true? Full disclosure, I also am a school owner and I have been punching numbers for the last couple of weeks and was compelled by the results I … More In Defence of the School Owner

One of the most challenging factors of being a parent or even an educator for that matter, is the issue of managing behaviour. As adults, when confronted with what we consider bad behaviour we get frustrated, confused and very annoyed. The proverbial answer is usually to get out the good old stick, cane or belt … More How to manage behaviour

Today I want to look briefly at the issue of discipline. We will explore how to discipline a child without breaking the spirit of the child. In the 21st century the child is no longer supposed to be seen and not heard. Sometimes hearing them helps us know what next to do and what not … More How to Discipline a Child.

There was a hot discussion about Montessori last week and it made me reflect on why I am so sold out on this method of education, yet some of us are bent on passing it off as an old garment that has outlived its benefits. I considered the points raised about Montessori being expensive, not … More Montessori: Let’s keep it simple

*”Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence.”* We remember Maria Montessori today, she was born 148 years ago. She proved truly that children are the potential of humanity which … More Celebrating Maria Montessori