•  On Jan, 06, 2018
•  Mary Keating

Research tells us that school principals can make the same level of improvement in results on every student in a school as a high quality teacher does on the students he or she teaches.

•  On Jan, 02, 2018
•  Mary Keating

Flash Cards – How To Make Flash Cards – How To Make. The 100 Sight Words available on the internet to download are ideal. Here is the link:  100 Sight Words, Early Primary School Preparation: ~~ If you have some lead time with your Prep child, ask your circle of friends to save the card dividers […]

•  On Nov, 29, 2017
•  Mary Keating

As teachers we don’t want children falling through the gaps. Parents of children with a learning difficulty need the same information but a lot more support, ideas and help.

•  On Nov, 22, 2017
•  Mary Keating

Teach Hand-Printing How to Teach Hand-Printing starts with “Why is it important?” Here is a good reason: “There is a strong correlation between the learning of letter formation and the building of knowledge about letter-sound representation.” Murray Evely (Psych4Schools Psychologist/Guidance Officer) wrote this in 2022 after attending a conference in the United States. His article […]

•  On Nov, 07, 2017
•  Mary Keating

Excessive homework is often at the insistence of parents. But his is about taking control. It is about applying good homework tasks that are based on sound research findings. 

•  On Oct, 04, 2017
•  Mary Keating

Autism Level 1 In Autism Level 1, known as Aspergers Syndrome in the past, is the focus. How a diagnosis is made: DSM or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and the ICD, The International Classification of Diseases are the two most influential and widely used handbooks when diagnosing Asperger’s syndrome in English-speaking countries. […]

•  On Sep, 17, 2017
•  Mary Keating

100  Sight Words  Often called high frequency words The First 100 Sight Words for Prep and Grade 1 is the quick route to reading. It does not change the importance of phonics in early literacy. The purpose of Sight Word Lists for early primary (elementary) school is for quick recognition. These words are frequently occurring […]

•  On Sep, 13, 2017
•  Mary Keating

Teaching the Dyslexic Child Dyslexia and dysgraphia have been discussed extensively. And teaching the dyslexic child presents special challenges. Research is ongoing and progress is being made. However, Dr Jon Lieff warns that there is still much we don’t know and advises caution in response to new findings (http://www.searchijonlieffmd.com/…/can-neuroscience-improve-education). Much that has been written about […]

•  On Sep, 13, 2017
•  Mary Keating

Teaching the Dyslexic Child No 2 Dyslexia affects about 4% of children in English-speaking countries. Teaching the Dyslexic Child has particular challenges. The better we understand the facts about it, the better we can address the problem. Many children learn quickly through implicit teaching. They catch on.  But dyslexic children need instruction spelled out with […]

•  On Jun, 13, 2017
•  Mary Keating

Handwriting – An Intellectual Activity Why Handwriting is important.  More areas of our brain are used to hand-print than to type on a keyboard. And more areas of the brain are used to write in script than to hand-print. There have always been children with poor handwriting but the quality of teaching over the last […]