November 9, 2015
In an ideal world, school would be an amazing, productive, happy place where enthusiastic educators nurtured young minds & taught them to love learning. Most of […]
October 29, 2015
We always like to take books with us on our holidays. I love nothing better than sitting in the sunshine reading my book. It’s one of […]
October 22, 2015
At Hummingbird Learning Centre we always say that dyslexia is a wonderful thing – it’s just that it needs a different strategy for reading & writing. […]
October 13, 2015
Whenever someone tells me that they are dyslexic, I always say ‘Hi Dyslexic, I’m Elaine’. Usually they’ll look at me quizzically and say ‘no – I […]
September 29, 2015
“Homework is one of the thorniest issues at primary level”. Not my words but those of Peter Mullen of the Irish National Teachers Organisation, in an […]
September 24, 2015
My husband is terrible at remembering dates. He just doesn’t know birthdays or anniversaries. He has a constant fear of forgetting his god-son’s birthday & every […]