Learning

From reading and writing to sex education, we look at some of the ways you can support your child’s education, getting the most out of their learning at school and at home. Featuring tips on helping with homework and getting to know the teacher, we cover the stages of learning from the first reading books to the final exams, offering a range of ways to encourage your child’s talents and abilities.

Encouraging creativity

Encouraging creativity

How to recognise and support your child's creative skills

Getting into reading

Getting into reading

Top tips to enjoy reading with your child

Homework blues

Homework blues

Reducing the pressures of homework time

Learning about disability

Learning about disability

Teaching your children about disability

Maths at home

Maths at home

Practical, fun ways to get to grips with maths at home

Preparing for school holidays

Preparing for school holidays

Planning activities and childcare during the holidays

Talking about sex

Talking about sex

Talk to your child about sex in a comfortable and open way

Twins

Twins

Parenting twins

Working with your child's teacher

Working with your child's teacher

Tips for getting involved in your child's school days

Homework overload 9-14

Homework overload 9-14

Helping your child with the mounting pressures of homework

I hate parents' evening

I hate parents' evening

Tips on having a successful parents' evening.

In trouble at school

In trouble at school

Top tips for when your child is in trouble

Learning differences

Learning differences

Children with specific learning needs

Learning top tips: secondary school

Learning top tips: secondary school

Home activities to encourage your child’s education

Switching school

Switching school

Coping with the transition to a new school

The courage to talk about sex

The courage to talk about sex

How to talk to your child about sex without embarrassment

Ways of learning

Ways of learning

Understanding your child's learning style

Considering careers

Considering careers

Helping your teen to plan their future

Exam stress

Exam stress

Revision and preparing for exams

Homework overload 14-19

Homework overload 14-19

Staying on top of homework, coursework and exams

Truancy

Truancy

Teens who avoid school – why they do it and how to help

University or not?

University or not?

Work, university, gap year? What’s right for your teen?

Work experience

Work experience

Helping your teen get the best out of work experience