Category: About Curriculum
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This milestone is really an extension of the previous one. So everything I said there is important here to. The aim of this milestone is for your child to be able to: As with the previous milestone, I do not generally recommend you go proceed to the next milestone until these aims are met. However,… keep reading
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Reimagining Maths Teaching Part 4 In our last post of this series, we looked at why learning the multiplication table is key to understanding virtually all of the maths that comes after it. In this post, we’re going to show why the task is a whole lot easier than it looks at first glance. Let’s… keep reading
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Real families tested Milestone Maths for a full term. Here’s what they loved, what surprised them, and what I’m improving because of their honest feedback. keep reading
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“Number sense isn’t a bag of mental tricks, and teaching strategies alone won’t make it appear. In this post, we explore how understanding the structure of numbers—and practising real problems—helps children develop true number fluency. keep reading
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Maths often feels like a long list of rules: carry here, borrow there, invert and multiply. But what if the problem isn’t the child — it’s the way maths is usually taught? keep reading
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Discover the magic of Pi (π) with this hands-on measurement experiment. A fun geometry lesson for primary students to celebrate Pi Day on March 14th. keep reading
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If you’ve ever homeschooled a tween or teen, chances are you’ve heard the question: “Where am I ever going to use this?” From time to time I see something on the socials that makes me sigh. There’ll be a parent asking a question along the lines of, “my boy doesn’t like bookwork and is interested… keep reading
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Something that I see a LOT in my tutoring business is kids who have decided that they’re dumb. It’s really tragic and breaks my heart every time. Often, the kid is actually fine and has no real learning problem. They just learn some things at a different pace to their classmates. But, truth be told:… keep reading
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I’ve been seeing a lot about AI in homeschool groups on the socials lately. Many times it’s suggesting AI as a tool for planning or preparing reports for registration. If you’re careful about it, AI can definitely shave a few hours out of those tasks. But the thing that virtually terrifies me is when I… keep reading
