We are living in a world of devices, where the goal of parents shouldn’t be to eliminate technology, but rather to guide users towards better overall well-being; and the need to shift away from ‘how much is too much?’ to ‘what is the screen replacing?’. Parents need an undersanding of how and why screens are…
On 5 March, Cannons Creek Independent School was incredibly fortunate to host the amazing Psychologist and Speaker, Naomi Holdt. Naomi delivered a very engaging parent talk, outlining 11 tips and strategies to raise more resilient and independent children and teenagers. She spoke of critically important simple ideas, commenting that we need to go back to…
The skills that enable a child to move are known as motor skills. The two main types of motor skills are fine motor and gross motor. Fine-motor skills are what allow us to make movements using the smaller muscles in our hands, fingers, wrists, eyes, tongue and toes. We rely on these abilities to do…
Reading to a child is one of the best things you can do for their early development. Studies have shown that reading aloud to children from a young age can boost their language and literacy skills, enhance their emotional intelligence, and even improve their academic performance later in life. In South Africa, there is a…
