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Following our experiences with homeschooling in 2020, Term 1 has presented a welcome return to the classroom and an opportunity to start the year afresh.

It also has many parents eager to make a conscious effort to make this year count.

If you are parent keen to continue supporting your child’s learning from home you’re in the right place

Lucky for us we are joined by James Burnett who will share tips that can help.

James is the CEO, co-founder of Origo Education, a father of three, and an expert how to teach primary school children mathematics at school and at home.

Origo at Home a free online resource designed to help parents – with more than 20,000 have already accessed the program.

We ask James questions including:

  1. What do you think is the most important tip you can give parents who are wanting to support their children’s education and teach maths at home?
  2. Why do you think it’s important for parents to support their children’s education at home?
  3. Retrospectively, what do you see being the positives in the experiences of parents homeschooling their children during lockdown – if any?
  4. You mentioned Visual Representations are a great way to better engage students – why is that and can you tell us a little more?
  5. What do you find are the most common challenges children experience in learning maths?
  6. How can parents’ best overcome those challenges whilst supporting their children’s education?
  7. Collaborating and communicating is so important for everyone, especially when working in teams, but how can this help children and adults when they are learning new ideas, especially in mathematics?
  8. You talk about how important it is to help children understand the importance of mathematics and how they can apply that to real life situations.
  9. Can you tell us about this in more detail and perhaps give our parents some ideas of how they can present opportunities to teach to their children?

 

For James full article: https://kiddipedia.com.au/top-tips-to-support-kids-maths-study-in-2021/

For further information, visit: https://www.origoeducation.com.au/