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How to teach your child maths at home without the stress home education maths mindset Jul 05, 2025

Ever wondered if it’s really possible to teach your child maths yourself?

Back in those days, when someone asked me, "Could I teach my child maths my...

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It's high time... to learn the time home education maths tips Dec 04, 2024

I'll be talking about time today. Dive in and find out how you can help your child learn time and read clocks and when to be (or not to be) concerned ...

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We're home educating — where do we sit the exams? exam preparation home education maths exams Nov 10, 2023

Either you are already home educating your child or maybe you're thinking about it, half excited (about all the possibilities you'll have), half worri...

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Maths exams: Which one to choose? exam preparation gcse home education igcse maths exams nat 5 Nov 04, 2023

If you live in Scotland, you're in for a treat, because you will only be dealing with SQA for all your maths exams - from Nat 4 and Nat 5, through Sco...

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What maths to teach your home educated child? (And what is deschooling?) home education maths mindset Oct 28, 2023

I know teaching your child maths may sound like a big task, especially when it comes to secondary maths. Algebra, that part of maths with a lot of let...

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Maths self-assessment for home educators exam preparation home education Oct 27, 2023

Children in schools go through plenty of reports (I'd say too many) all the time to quantify and summarise their knowledge. It's good to know what our...

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What if you "fail" your maths exam? exam preparation home education maths exams maths mindset Sep 06, 2023

In the midst of this year's disastrous grade boundaries across many exam boards, subjects and even exams (from GCSE, through iGCSE, to A level and mor...

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Saving huge money on bills with simple maths real-life maths Jul 07, 2023

Today, I have an important message that takes priority over my GCSE theory video recording, which is my main task for the summer to deliver the best g...

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A witty maths & logic quiz that's not really about maths fun maths Oct 04, 2019

My sister sent me a funny mini-quiz that claims, "If you answer more than 70% correctly, you're smarter than an average person."

So off you go, smart...

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Social media communication and etiquette 101 social media Aug 05, 2019

It's only been a couple of months since I finally started my own Instagram page, full of funny maths memes and some other maths scribbles, tricks, and...

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What do tutors do during summer holidays? work life balance for educators Mar 02, 2018

Tutors usually don't do so much during holidays. Apart from 11+ preparation, summer booster courses, marking as an examiner, helping with mocks and re...

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What is maths good for? Real-life maths story #4 real-life maths Jun 17, 2017

Today's real-life maths story is about difficulties with oranges.

Almost everyone in their life has needed to find the best value for some goods. Sho...

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