Rotis, Cricket and Pocket Money: Teaching Fractions With Everyday Life
Fractions make sense when they show up in a child’s real world. Simple ways to teach halves, quarters and equivalent fractions using food, sport and money.
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Practical activities, teaching methods and experiments you can try at your kitchen table this week.
Kitchen-Table Science: Five Experiments With Things You Already Have
You don't need a lab to teach real science. These five experiments use everyday kitchen items, and each one comes with a question to ask and the science behind it.
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Short and Daily: Why 15 Minutes a Day Beats a Weekend Marathon
Children learn more from small, regular sessions than from long, occasional ones. Here is how to build a daily STEM habit that fits real family life.
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Mastery Before Speed: When Timed Maths Drills Help (and When They Hurt)
Speed matters in maths, but only once a child is reliably accurate. A simple three-part check tells you when your child is ready for the timer.
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Concept Before Shortcut: Let Your Child Fold the Paper First
Shortcuts are wonderful, once a child knows why they work. Here is how to build real understanding of fractions with a sheet of paper, before any rule is memorised.
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