By James Burnett of ORIGO Education With an increasing number of us parents trying to help our children continue their education at the dining table, it’s only natural that tensions and anxiety will often run high as we try our hand at teaching. After all, we are used to professional teachers taking on this important task! How are we supposed to know… Continue Reading >
For All your Giant Toy Satisfaction Jenjo Games has you covered. Each and every one of our games are carefully designed to be practical and fun. From all your old favourites to even some of your new ones. Jenjo aim to… Continue Reading >
Play with speech sounds and watch the ‘magic.’ When we introduce rhyming games and songs to small children, they are not only entertained but they eventually figure out that words can sound similar and have the same speech sounds. To… Continue Reading >
As soon as you organise one birthday party, it feels like next years is only around the corner. Kids grow up quickly. Each year, birthday parties present a new challenge for parents. Do you have it at home? Inside or… Continue Reading >
What is “Mindfulness” and how can it help my kids? Mindfulness is simply the act of being in the moment. It is not about dismissing a problem or putting it off for another day but about letting the problem arise,… Continue Reading >
Finding fun things for your kids to do with the family dog can sometimes be a challenge, especially when it comes to safely getting children actively involved in the joys and responsibilities of caring for a pet. One of the… Continue Reading >
In my last post, I gave some tips on how to encourage our children in free-play. Tips for them but also tips for us. I posted it thinking, “Wow, I hope parents don’t think I’m Captain Obvious or Offensive, telling… Continue Reading >
Think back to your childhood and what it felt like to jump on a trampoline. Having to be careful of the exposed springs (which always seemed a little scary) as you crawled up onto an unstable rusted frame, with faded… Continue Reading >
Hand’s up if you’ve played Twister before? Maybe I should have said Right Hand on Red! Left Foot on Green! Everybody would have had to have played Twister at least once in their life, and or been around friends or… Continue Reading >
Hand’s up if you’ve played Twister before? Maybe I should have said Right Hand on Red! Left Foot on Green! Everybody would have had to have played Twister at least once in their life, and or been around friends or… Continue Reading >
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