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School Shorts

School Shorts

Auteur(s): Melissa Chan-Green
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À propos de cet audio

School Shorts is the podcast for busy parents who want to help their children succeed in school.

Hosted by Melissa Chan-Green, a journalist and mum of two, this show covers practical tips on reading, writing, spelling, and maths for preschool and early school years.

Learn about structured literacy, phonics, and foundational maths skills like counting, patterns, and sequences, plus how to support your child’s learning at home.

Quick, easy, and packed with helpful advice—School Shorts is here to help your child thrive!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Melissa Chan-Green
Relations Éducation des enfants
Épisodes
  • Get Wise! Teaching Kids About Money
    Dec 7 2025

    How kids are being introduced to the world of financial literacy with the help of ASB's GetWise program. Joined by guests Hamish Russell and Lucinda Howarth, the discussion delves into the importance of teaching financial skills to young students. We talk about the Big Little GetWise show featuring Captain Cash-tastic, a superhero character designed to make financial education engaging and accessible.

    The discussion also looks at how financial education has changed because of the changing role and method of banking as we operate in a more digital landscape.

    This episode gives practical tips for parents about how to start introducing money concepts at home and equipping children with essential life skills to manage money.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    28 min
  • Numicon: Simple Steps to Loving MATHS ft Catherine Huxford
    Nov 30 2025

    Numicon is a maths teaching tool is a maths teaching tool that is used across the world and through thousands of schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. Catherine Huxford of the Edushop team explains how it is a multi-sensory approach that helps children visualise and understand maths concepts.

    There are lots of tips here about how to introduce maths skills from a young age and how useful that can be for long-term love of maths. If you want some ideas around how to introduce easy games into everyday activities, this is a useful listen ..and there's a demonstration at the end to give an example of how it works in the classroom.

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    29 min
  • Managing Tech: Tips from Psychologist Dr Emma Woodward
    Nov 23 2025
    How technology impacts kid's dopamine, attention span and language development with Dr Emma Woodward. As a Mum to four boys, Dr Woodward finds each of them have different needs, just as each of them are wired differently. So while this episode looks at the impact of tech on child development and regulation, it is also full of realistic and reassuring advice for parents.

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    26 min
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