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25.01.2022 In 2019 I am continuing to tutor students in English and Maths from Prep to Year 12 and have a few spots for new students. If you or a friend are looking for a tutor, click on the Learn More button to learn more about me and what I do.

24.01.2022 Want to write a poem but can't get started? Here's an easy method for how to write stunning Cinquains - poems of only 5 lines. Click on the Contact Us button to read the article.

23.01.2022 Its About Time What is time? What do we understand by the passing of time? How do we teach our children to be on time, to tell the time and to manage their time? Click on Learn More for how to begin to teach toddlers to 10 yrs old children about time.

23.01.2022 Why Use Ten Frames for Early Maths Skills? A simple, useful, hands-on visual aid for teaching counting and place value is the Ten Frame. What is a Ten Frame you may ask? It is a drawing of a rectangle on paper or cardboard divided into ten squares. It stands on its shorter end and is divided into five rows and two columns. Counters are placed on the Ten Frame to represent numbers. For tips on how to use Ten Frames click on the Learn More button above.

22.01.2022 Icy-Pole Sticks and Early Maths Concepts Looking for hands-on activities to help your Prep to Year 6 student learn Maths facts and concepts? Look no further than the humble icy-pole stick. Click the Learn More button for 13 ideas for using them for Maths.

21.01.2022 Steering the Ship - Family Life Balance Most parents say that they are constantly busy, especially those who have school-aged children or younger ones to care for. Juggling the demands of family life can be compared to captaining a ship on an ocean voyage. Click the Learn More button above to see the full blog, or see more blogs at https://www.youandmetutoring.com.au/blog/

21.01.2022 Think on These Things Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4: 8, KJV Focusing our minds on good, positive things, takes effort and perseverance. Why is this important and how can you do it? Click the Learn More button above to read the blog.

20.01.2022 Taking the First Step to Success You may have set a SMARTER goal, but nothing will be achieved unless you take the first step towards your goal! Click on the Learn More button to read the full post.

19.01.2022 I love poetry and have begun writing my own. I plan to write 101 fun limericks (have already written nearly 50) and would like to know who would be interested in buying such a book and what youd be prepared to pay. Am also looking for an illustrator - a simple line drawing for each limerick which captures the humour. Any takers?

19.01.2022 Writing any poem with rhythm can be a real challenge but writing a limerick which has a couple of very short lines that rhyme, can be downright frustrating. See How to Write Humorous Limericks by clicking the Learn More button above.

19.01.2022 My new limerick book is progressing well.Phil Judd, the Brisbane cartoonist who is illustrating the book, is now up to the inking stage. Im thrilled with his art work and am looking forward to seeing the illustrations in colour. Its hard to explain the pictures you have in your mind to someone else, but I think Phil has captured my thoughts very well. Exciting stuff!

18.01.2022 It was fun writing 101 limericks. They are not easy to write as the rhythm pattern is pretty demanding. Rhyming is an easier skill and so is counting syllables, but to find words which express your thoughts with the correct rhythm for a limerick is tricky to say the least. However, its a great feeling of satisfaction to complete one. Organising them for a book was an even bigger challenge - a subject for another post. My book will be published soon. Will let you know when.

18.01.2022 Setting SMARTER goals Do you go to the supermarket without a shopping list and hope that you will spot items you need as you wander up and down the aisles? This... may be fine for those who shop everyday as items forgotten one day may be purchased the next. Most of us, however, dont have this luxury and find preparing a list beforehand makes for more effective and less stressful trips to the supermarket. The same is true of goal setting! Click on the Learn More button to see the full post. See more

17.01.2022 Time Management Important? How important is time management to a hairdresser? I asked. Very important, was the reply, especially in a busy salon like this with so much going on. I glanced around quickly at the seven or eight clients all at different stages of hair treatments and the hairdressers hovering about them. The client beside me sipped a cup of coffee and flicked through a magazine while waiting for her timer to go off.... What happens if a hairdresser doesnt have good time management skills? I continued. Click the Learn More button to read the full blog and for some hints on teaching your child how to manage time.

17.01.2022 7 Easy Steps to Write a Diamante Poem Does your child have to write a poem and doesnt know how to start? Maybe youd like to write one yourself? What is a Diamante poem and how do you write one? To find out, click the Contact Us button above.

17.01.2022 Discover the Power and Beauty of Poetry In Grade 6 my class teacher opened for me the world of poetry and I was hooked instantly. To learn more about my passion and proposed anthology, click the Learn More button. Id love your feedback!

16.01.2022 Whoa! How do you feel when friends give you honest feedback on something you have spent hours (and days) writing? Its hard to put your work out there to be analysed and criticised. Actually, my friends who read my "101 Lively Limericks" were very gentle. One suggested I forget about alphabetical order and group similar limericks together, a suggestion I took on board. From another friends feedback I realised some limericks did not work so well if they were read with different emphases to the way I read them myself. This meant rewriting lines and phrases so there could be no mistaking how they should be read, and this was important because limericks are meant to be read aloud!

16.01.2022 It was a blessing to receive encouragement from Corinne! Her enthusiasm and caring for people are amazing. We wish her well as she fulfills her responsibilities of MP representing Mansfield.

15.01.2022 Learning Times Tables Without Pain Mrs A stands at the front of the class, pointing stick in hand, demanding all eyes to the front while she points to each line of the three times tables chart while students chant each number fact. Meanwhile in another classroom, Mrs B moves from group to group of students who work with brightly coloured counters arranging them carefully in arrays (rows and columns), counting them and recording the number facts for themselves. ... Which teaching method do you suppose is the more effective? Which method is more likely to produce positive attitudes towards Mathematics on the part of the students? Click Learn More to see the full post.

15.01.2022 How do you go about laying out a book? From a Word document with 101 limericks and four to a page, and not in the order I wanted, how should I reorganise them? Starting a new document was my first thought but instead I printed out my file, cut up the pages so each limerick was separate and pasted them onto blank A4 paper folded in half like a booklet. As I wanted illustrations, it was important to know how many, so I could place them in my pasted up book. Contacting a cartoonist for an idea of costs helped me decide to illustrate every third limerick which meant that on the left page of the open book there would be two limericks and on the right page there would be one with an illustration above it.

14.01.2022 Whats the big deal about place value? Have you been told that your child needs more work on place value? What is place value and why does it matter? How can you help your child understand and apply it? Click the Learn More button to read the rest of this blog.

12.01.2022 What You Need to Know About Limericks They're very short poems about life that make us smile. They appeal to all ages and are great for sharing with family and friends. They're tricky to write but fun to read aloud. Click Learn More to see the full post.

12.01.2022 What You Need to Know About Limericks Theyre very short poems about life that make us smile. They appeal to all ages and are great for sharing with family and friends. Theyre tricky to write but fun to read aloud. Click Learn More to see the full post.

11.01.2022 8 Tips to help children become readers (1) Reading is the process of getting meaning from print. It doesnt begin with or depend on knowing the alphabet or knowing the sounds. It is all about making sense. So writes Barry Dwyer, former teacher, lecturer, consultant and author of Parents Teachers Partners." Click on Learn More to see the full blog.

11.01.2022 How do you organise 101 limericks on a variety of subjects to make them easy to find in a book? As I wrote them it soon became clear that some were about people and others were about animals, so that meant two sections which I named Peculiar People and Animal Friends. Soon I discovered that some did not fit easily into either category, so they became Miscellaneous. I began playing around with the wording of Nursery Rhymes and challenged myself to turn them into limericks, thus another section was added to my book. Within each section I organised them alphabetically by title, that is, until I had written all 101 and then posted them off to a few friends for some feedback. What happened next will be the subject of my next post.

11.01.2022 Meaningful Conversations In life it seems relationships between people are more important to our happiness than accomplishments. How are good relationships begun and maintained? Communication is the key and the ability to hold a meaningful conversation with another person is a vital part of this. Click on Learn More to view my acronym for CONVERSE which gives pointers on meaningful and effective conversations.

10.01.2022 Tips to help children become readers (3) Looking for ways you can help your child with reading at home? Are you wondering How often? or How long? or Where do I start? If this sounds like you, click on Learn More for some tips to help you work with your child to help him or her become a better reader.

08.01.2022 It's About Time What is time? What do we understand by the passing of time? How do we teach our children to be on time, to tell the time and to manage their time? Click on Learn More for how to begin to teach toddlers to 10 yrs old children about time.

06.01.2022 MARILYN HUMPHRIES

05.01.2022 It was fun writing 101 limericks. They are not easy to write as the rhythm pattern is demanding. Rhyming is an easier skill and so is counting syllables, but to find words which express your thoughts with the correct rhythm for a limerick is tricky to say the least. However, its a great feeling of satisfaction to complete one. Organising them for a book was an even bigger challenge - a subject for another post. My book will be published soon. Will let you know when.

03.01.2022 Want to write a poem but cant get started? Heres an easy method for how to write stunning Cinquains - poems of only 5 lines. Click on the Contact Us button to read the article.

03.01.2022 What do our children think about? Do we want their thoughts and characters to be moulded by video games and movies? Wouldnt it be better for us to encourage them to think about good things, read quality literature, and engage in conversation with us about things that matter? Click the Learn More button to read the full blog.

03.01.2022 Tips to help children become readers (2) Have you ever wondered how children learn to read? Perhaps you struggled with reading at school yourself and dont know how to help your own child become a reader. We all know that reading is the key to knowledge but reading seems so complicated that we dont know when or how to begin. Dont panic, help is at hand. Click on Learn More to see the full blog.

02.01.2022 It was very exciting when 101 Lively Limericks - To Make You Smile arrived from the printers. Time to celebrate! From left to right - Warwick (husband), Marilyn, Karri & Miranda von Hellens (from Colour Gamma - printers). Google You and Me Tutoring for more . . .

02.01.2022 How to Tackle an Assessment Task - Where Do I Begin? What do you do when given an assessment task? Do you panic or experience a sense of heaviness? Do you wonder Where do I start? Is it clear to you what you have to do? How do you know if you are on the right track? Click on Learn More to find out.