Ace and Louise’s Story “Children who start school with strong learning foundations are more likely than others to be motivated and successful learners at school.” (Report of the review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools, March 2018). Whether your child is in preschool, day care or at home, transitioning to Kindergarten can be a challenging time for you and…
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Take the number 5. What actually does it mean? Many of you will be racking your brain to try to answer this. Numbers are abstract. Written numbers are numerals that represent the numbers. A strange thing to get your head around, especially as a Kindergarten child! To allow children to begin to understand the concept of numbers, it is obvious…
Perspective gives life endless ways to be perceived and (as I’m sure we are all guilty of), I often find myself living with my serious glasses on. Now don’t get me wrong, there are things on our planet that we must take seriously for sure; deforestation, the volume of plastic filling our oceans and who came first, the chicken or…
In this article we discuss simple tricks to create an engaging and more complex narrative that will give your child the edge. This will not be a long drawn out explanation into the multiple lengthy criterion for the upcoming NAPLAN. Think of this as the equivalent of a ‘short introduction’ with the writing test. An introduction in which we get…
At our tutoring centre, we believe that displays should always support our children’s learning. Our primary school children enjoy being able to interact with the displays and use them to improve their work. Effective displays also allow our children to be independent and take responsibility for their learning! ‘A Pocket Full of Synonyms’ Using synonyms is a skill that our…
Our tutors understand that it can be challenging to find a book that is age appropriate and engages your child. Here at Discover Learning our primary school tutors know how crucial reading is for your child’s growth and development. We have collated our favourite books for Kindergarten right up to Year 6! The kids have loved reading these books, so definitely give…
Welcome to Discover Learning! 1. Getting to know YOU We introduce your child to the heart of the Discover Learning family – our inspiring teachers. To ensure your child feels relaxed and comfortable, we spend time getting to know them as an individual, understanding their interests and learning styles through fun, interactive activities. 2. Reaching YOUR potential Now that your…
At Discover Learning, we believe that Early Education is so important for ensuring that your child starts ‘big school’ happy and confident. At our Education and Tutoring centre, we provide a ‘Quality First’ School Readiness Program, that allows children to develop physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language skills. These skills are crucial in ensuring your child starts Kindergarten with a head…
After a long day at school, children are often very tired and hungry! At our tutoring centre in Bondi Junction, we want learning to be an enjoyable experience for your child and that is why we provide healthy after-school snacks for our kids! This has proven to help with their focus and concentration, resulting in improved progress and an overall…
Systematic Synthetic phonics is a method of teaching where words are broken up into the smallest units of sound (phonemes). It teaches children how to identify all the phonemes in a word and match them to a letter in order to be able to spell correctly. At our tutoring centre in Bondi, children are taught to segment a word into…