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…
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…
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…
Having a growth mindset is so important for children today, in all aspects of their daily life. In our Education and Tutoring Centre, we encourage all of our children (School Readiness, Primary and High School) to embrace their mistakes and see them as an opportunity to improve and challenge themselves. If they are not making mistakes, they are not learning!…
At Discover Learning, our School Readiness Program is built upon a multi-sensory approach to learning. For our School Readiness children, developing fine motor skills, such as pincer control, is essential for their progression throughout Kindergarten. School Readiness children need to develop certain skills to make sure they are ‘school ready’: Social skills: Being able to get along with other children, demonstrate…