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Mediation is the art of bringing the child’s mind to themselves and what they are doing. The last thing we actually want is for the ...

Find a teacher that is looking for solutions from far flung places. Real solution finders look beyond their world and their thinking. They get uncomfortable ...

So many kids battle with long division. (Other things they battle with are time, converting measurements, fractions and decimals – but we’ll get to that ...

All success takes industriousness – effort and hard work. 1) Set up goals that you value. 2) Figure out what effort is needed to achieve ...

You got to decide what you did with the last 100 days. The only condition was that you obey the laws. Which side of the ...

My children lost their father 4 months ago. Today is going to be difficult for them because reminders will be everywhere. In years to come ...

Without the punctuation it is just a title. With the punctuation it screams at you, like a five-year-old in a foul mood. Turns out kids ...

I was labelled a procrastinator for most of my childhood. I thought it meant I wasn’t good enough. Now I know better. Procrastinator: I leave ...

I am reminded of the old joke… I just flew in from California, and boy, are my arms tired! It was first told in 1948. And it ...

OMATAS has a job to do. It must find a way, all the time, to build children’s self-esteem and cognitive skills. This year is no ...