5 parenting tips for ADHD children

Parenting a child with ADHD can be a challenging and sometimes overwhelming experience. Children with ADHD often struggle with attention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, which can impact their ability to succeed in school and navigate social situations. However, with the right support and strategies in place, children with ADHD can thrive. Here are five tips for

3 Indoor Gross and Fine Motor skill games

Short Read | 2 mins Just a typical ETP session here. Below are 3 games I use to build gross motor skills, fine motor skills, pincer grip strength and balance + coordination skills. Pincer grip + Hand eye coordination These irregular blocks are a fun addition to my sessions. The multiple flat faced surfaces allow

The ‘Hop Hop Game’

Medium Read | 5 mins The famous ‘hop hop’ game. If your kids have been saying they have been playing the ‘hop hop game’ in our sessions, this is it. I will share firstly what is involved, how to set up, how to merge other learning points into the game, and ways to increase the

Leveled reading sets or storybooks?

Long Read | 8 mins I want to pull apart the questions and queries regarding leveled reading sets and share some of my experience working with beginning readers. What are leveled reading sets? Leveled reading sets systematically introduce vocab and sentence patterns in a step by step approach over leveled ranges of difficulty. What are

Early Years “examination” stress in Hong Kong

Long Read | 10 mins “Can you help my child prepare for their examination?” I have been a tutor in Hong Kong for the past 5 years working with early years children. This is a line I get all the time before every new school year, but now I get it regularly and randomly. Just

Outdoor Shopping Mission

Environments play a big part of shaping a child’s identity. Each experience provides new stimuli and interactions that form a child’s perspective of the world. Children observe their parents everyday actions, such as shopping, washing dishes, doing laundry and they want to imitate these actions. It is very common the actions we wish our children

Long Term Student’s Experience

I was so touched by a long term student’s farewell gift. I have been teaching them for the past 3 years. We have shared so many different experiences from bike riding (and crashes), shopping at the supermarket, cooking chocolate cakes at home, bbq lunch up a mountain, learning to ride a bike without training wheels,

2020 Christmas Joy ❤️

It’s a pleasure receiving cards and handmade items from kids. Thanks to every student that’s taken the time to create these. Thanks everyone! 🤠 Mr Jamie ❤️

Duplo Rocket Launch

Today one of my students and I simulated the procedure of a rocket launch with Duplo. *(to the best of my knowledge) How it came about//– My student chose a space storybook.– As it was his choice, he was excited to build a rocket and was highly motivated. The process//– Upon reading the story, we

Storybook inspired craft

As part of our our session routine, I let children choose their storybook. Sometimes I preselect a few, and the child makes the final decision. Today’s choice was about ice cream. Unprepared activities like this are easy to do in a home based environment. Utilizing equipment like colour pens, scissors, paper, glue, stick tape etc.