Critical thinking skills can help you to understand, analyse and formulate arguments better. This is a vital life skill needed to make decisions at all levels and can help your child to think like a leader. There are 3 main parts of critical thinking – problem-solving, research and analysis. We have teamed up with a boys school in London to explore how you can build these skills and develop your child’s critical thinking ability. Brainstorming Presenting problems to your child that are open to interpretation can help them to exercise their creativity and problem solving by getting them to explore different perspectives. For this, you might use riddles, although you…

Children have such far-stretching imaginations and are born with a natural tendency to wonder. Nurturing curiosity can help to improve academic performance in children by prepping the brain for learning and making the process a much more rewarding one. I have teamed up with a boys pre prep school in London to share tips on how to raise an inquisitive child. Investigative Games A brilliant way of stimulating your child’s natural curiosity is to introduce investigative games. Games such as Guess Who and The Horrible Histories board game are great examples. This can help to make learning fun and rewarding for children whilst building essential research and problem-solving skills. Field…

When you’re a mum to young children, there’s never much in the way of ‘me time’. Of course, our children command 100% of our attention and make our lives wonderful. But there can be times during those early years when they are so utterly dependent on you for so many aspects of their daily routine that you feel there’s not much room for anything but looking after them. Often, you can go through an entire day by rushing from one task to another, with barely time for a cup of tea along the way. If you find yourself sitting on the sofa at the end of the day, not really…

When you become a parent, all you want for your children is the best for them, obviously but it’s difficult to know where to begin. When you are a parent of a baby you deal with the argument of breast vs bottle, baby led or baby wearing and co-sleeping. Everyone has an opinion on what is best, from the “professionals” to your family or even the lady down the road on her forth. But with a baby it’s as simple as finding what works best for you both. As you child gets older it gets harder because not only do you have opinions from everyone you meet but you have…

Babies bring a lot of joy, a lot of love – and a lot of sleepless nights. They are world-changing, and while often babies receive a considerable amount of baby gifts, sometimes it’s nice to take care of the caretakers. New parents are often so busy taking care of their baby that they need some support from their network. So, when the opportunity arises, what can you give to new parents to help their days run a little smoother? Take-out Voucher If you have children, then you probably remember the early days very well. Being hungry for warm food but for holding a newborn isn’t always conducive to culinary exploits.…