In this sixth lesson in the Smart Consumer Skills Guide for Brilliant Kids series we ask you to explore debt and how good you really are with debt. In the last lesson, we gave 5 questions to ask yourself when spending. Debt is extremely important to understand and master. It can help in providing you [...]
After the Test
You and your child can learn a great deal from reviewing a graded exam paper. Reviewing will show him or her where they had difficulty and after some analysis, why. This is especially important for classes in which the material builds from one section to the next, as in math. Students who have [...]
Continuing this series of practical articles to help you and your children - Helping your Child Succeed in School, and test taking, in this article we discuss how we can work with our children in helping them prepare for exams, and getting through school.
Kids are intelligent enough to understand comprehend the world around them. They [...]
This is the next series of practical articles to help you and your children - Helping your Child Succeed in School, and test taking. If you understand the importance of tests and results, and how to use them to nurture confidence and assurance in your children, it will go a long way to reinforcing the [...]
This is the next series of practical articles to help you and your children - Helping your Child Succeed in School. Let’s face it; school is another major puzzle in a child’s upbringing. It is their ‘training ground’ to the rest of their lives.
Doing well at school certainly helps a child with confidence, problem solving [...]
The previous self talk mini series article in the my brilliant kidz re-programming series discussed how to implement the personalised self talk program. This is part 4 of the self talk mini series and discusses how a self talk program can apply to our kids.
Implementing a Self Talk program for children
There are a number of [...]
The previous self talk mini series article in the my brilliant kidz re-programming series discussed how to create a personal self talk list, using an example. This is part 3 of the self talk mini series and discusses how now use this. This will complete the program.
How to implement the Self Talk program
You now [...]
The previous self talk mini series article in the my brilliant kidz re-programming series discussed what self talk is, how it works and the impact it can have on us as parents and our children. This is part 2 of the self talk mini series and discusses how to create a self talk program.
How to [...]
Much has been discussed about making your kids brilliant and geniuses, topics on which several TV serial documentaries have been aired around the world, yet many child psychologists still disagree on the best ways to boost your child’s intellect. The techniques are many and varied with experts advocating one approach or another. The approaches seem [...]
In 1956, Benjamin Bloom, a professor at the University of Chicago , shared his famous “Taxonomy of Educational Objectives” which has become known as Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Bloom’s Taxonomy identifies six levels within the cognitive domain of learning which can be thought of as an order of thinking skills.
At the lowest levels are knowledge and comprehension, moving [...]
