Take the number 5. What actually does it mean? Many of you will be racking your brain to try to answer this. Numbers are abstract. Written numbers are numerals that represent the numbers. A strange thing to get your head around, especially as a Kindergarten child! To allow children to begin to understand the concept of numbers, it is obvious…
Perspective gives life endless ways to be perceived and (as I’m sure we are all guilty of), I often find myself living with my serious glasses on. Now don’t get me wrong, there are things on our planet that we must take seriously for sure; deforestation, the volume of plastic filling our oceans and who came first, the chicken or…
At our tutoring centre, we believe that displays should always support our children’s learning. Our primary school children enjoy being able to interact with the displays and use them to improve their work. Effective displays also allow our children to be independent and take responsibility for their learning! ‘A Pocket Full of Synonyms’ Using synonyms is a skill that our…
Our tutors understand that it can be challenging to find a book that is age appropriate and engages your child. Here at Discover Learning our primary school tutors know how crucial reading is for your child’s growth and development. We have collated our favourite books for Kindergarten right up to Year 6! The kids have loved reading these books, so definitely give…
Welcome to Discover Learning! 1. Getting to know YOU We introduce your child to the heart of the Discover Learning family – our inspiring teachers. To ensure your child feels relaxed and comfortable, we spend time getting to know them as an individual, understanding their interests and learning styles through fun, interactive activities. 2. Reaching YOUR potential Now that your…
Systematic Synthetic phonics is a method of teaching where words are broken up into the smallest units of sound (phonemes). It teaches children how to identify all the phonemes in a word and match them to a letter in order to be able to spell correctly. At our tutoring centre in Bondi, children are taught to segment a word into…
Having a growth mindset is so important for children today, in all aspects of their daily life. In our Education and Tutoring Centre, we encourage all of our children (School Readiness, Primary and High School) to embrace their mistakes and see them as an opportunity to improve and challenge themselves. If they are not making mistakes, they are not learning!…
There are many primary school apps available today that have educational value for primary school children. Such apps can impact positively on your child’s confidence and progress in their target areas. At our Education and Tutoring centre, our children love to challenge themselves using our educational apps! As we provide tutoring that is interactive and hands-on, we have noted the…
