Parenting a child that is sensitive can be both rewarding and exhausting. Children that are sensitive are often emotionally overwhelmed easily and can often be viewed as shy or introverted. How parents, teachers and tutors interact or react to sensitive children determines their reaction to differen...
Read more ›Spelling can be tough for an adult let alone a child. Sometimes it can be disheartening watching your child struggle with their spelling tests. That's why First Tutors have come up with four easy tips to help your child learn their spellings in a simple and easy way.
1. Break down the wordI...
Read more ›School can be a stressful place for any child. Often going back to school after a half-term break or a long holiday can be hard for a child. Getting back into a routine, knowing they will have homework and early nights again can make a child feel stressed. Expectations of children are higher than ev...
Read more ›The half-term is is now over and the race towards exam-time has begun. Spring will soon arrive and with it brings the air of preparing for those upcoming, important exams.
Some may say that February is too early to start stressing about exams, while others will already have their revision timetab...
Read more ›Children are amazing. Their little brains soak up new information so easily they put us adults to shame. New vocabulary is fundamental to a child's learning. And it's also wonderfully satisfying when your child comes home from school and tells you all about their day using new words they have learnt...
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