Supporting a Child in the Five Areas of Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence is the ability to understand and manage our own emotions and the emotions of others. Its development is distinct from the development of academic [...]
Emotional Intelligence and High Learning Potential
Whilst there is a common acceptance of the importance of academic aptitude when it comes to life chances, it is by no means the only kind [...]
Using Visual Arts to Foster Creative Thinking Skills
“A drawing is the three-way relationship between substance, surface and body. It activates the relationships between the eye and the hand, the hand and the tool, [...]
Leadership: Developing it Daily
“Leadership is the most intensely personal thing in the world, because it is just plain you” (Field Marshall Sir William Slim, 1957) I like this quote [...]
Learning to Love Leadership
Leadership is one of those essential skills that doesn’t always get a huge amount of attention, and doesn’t always get a good press. Has it fallen [...]
Curiouser and Curiouser – Activities to Encourage Curiosity
Challenge the high learning potential brain to be inquisitive, happy and flourishing. What hobbies, facts or experiences intrigue your young person? Use these as a springboard [...]
Apps, Screen Use and Balance for Young People with High Learning Potential
Should you encourage your young person with high learning potential to use meaningful apps – or to put down their gadgets? The latest research is contradictory [...]
Thunks
If you expect the unexpected, will the unexpected still be expected? Can you touch the wind? If there was a magic pill that meant that you [...]
Grand Ideas for Garden Games
As the weather gets warmer and the school holidays progress, take advantage of the weather and free time. Here are some games that high learning potential [...]
Developing Thinking Skills Through Board Games
Despite the millions of apps and video games that invade our everyday lives, board games (also known as tabletop games) are making a comeback to the [...]