Concentration

Concentration. “The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim.” Napoleon Hill Concentration is an important but largely overlooked skill important in education and learning. When a child can concentrate the learning process is much easier. Children need the opportunity to develop their concentration muscles, the Montessori … More Concentration

Teacher Aderonke

Teacher Aderonke Akeredolu loved her job as a Nursery 2 teacher and she also loved working with children. Singing songs and telling stories was her strong point and the children loved coming to school mainly because of those stories. She even learnt how to teach children to read and it has made all the difference … More Teacher Aderonke

So I got a message from one of my WhatsApp group members. She said she had a visit from one of the kids around her. As they got talking, he said something that struck and bothered her, so she wanted to bring it to my attention. What did the young 9 year old say? “Ma, … More

How to prepare teachers for Education Reform

Last week was a big week for our sector as CPE (The Concerned Parents and Educators – a Facebook group of over 220,000 members) held an import dialogue. We spent a good chunk of Thursday 4th March, talking about Preparing Teachers For Education Reform. So many great points were made, from the introduction, keynote address, … More How to prepare teachers for Education Reform