`100 Things to Learn before you're 10' was written to help parents. It draws on 40 years teaching experience to explain why every child would benefit from the little extra help that it provides during their formation years.This book is packed with examples, activities, insights and stories to show you how to make sure your children learn the skills they need to get the most out of school and life. It will help you give your child what they really need so that they become happier, confident and self assured as they learn and grow to be well rounded adults.

Table of Contents:
Introduction, First things first, About Motivation - a closer look at the situation, Core Alignment and Attitude, Lesson 1: The Two Lives, Poem: Alone we cannot change the world, Lesson Two: Your brain is meant to work for you!, It begins this way, An example of how to train your brain to work for you: Learning Times Tables , Dazzle, Lesson 3: Start Here , Poem: We see the trees and flowers, Lesson 4: Time , More ways to help your child appreciate `a minute' and learn more about themselves and what they are capable of, Using Time, When children need to speed up their work rate, Lesson 5: Listening, Teaching your child to listen, What children need to know about listening - reference that is helpful for the brain and how to develop the skill, Activities for teaching Listening to your child , The Sound Maker Hunt, Activity: The Jumpasound, Activity: The Back to Back Book, Activity: The Outside Sounds - investigations..., Lesson 6: THE BUBBLE STRATEGY, Sixteen questions to ask yourself and reflect on if your child does not listen, Lesson 7: A little bit about the learning process... older children (7+) love to know!, Lesson 8: Concentration, Defining Concentration for your child (reference), Daily starter: to develop and strengthen concentration skills, Lesson 9: Feelings, Helping children manage feelings - first they need reference, How to talk to children about negative feelings and how to manage them, Negative feelings that make a human being feel `bad', When you meet negativity in your child, the following responses may be helpful in realigning your child to the best of themselves, Common negative feelings in children that can trigger a challenging reaction, Poem: The oldest in his family, Lesson 10: Boundaries, Consequences and Taking Responsibility, The Two Sets of Rules we inherited at birth, Natural - inflexible, fixed, core natural boundaries, Man made - flexible, not fixed, Managing a Tantrum, Poem: Setting Boundaries, Lesson 11: Comprehension, Lesson 12: What Children need to know about School, Lesson 13: Organisation and Planning, Planning, Reference to give an appreciation of time - the foundation for planning, Setting Targets with your child, Important Points to get across to your child about the Advantages of Planning and why they need to learn to do it, Planning for Success - when you are in an exam year, Lesson 14: Homework, For homework to be successful and meaningful your child needs, Here's a simple way to remember what you need for HOMEWORK, Homework Kit Checklist, Homework Kit Checklist, Cooling down your brain, Lesson 15: A Way to Think about Skills, Children and Development, Poem: The culture that we live in, Lesson 16: What children need to know about habits, Poem: Habit, 50 Most Loved, Most Used, Most Useful Books for Children from 4 -12 years old selected from the Teacher's Personal Collection...., Top 21 Most Loved and used Games and Activities for Teaching Skills to primary aged children, ACTIVITIES: no or low cost resources, GAMES that can be purchased, 100 things to learn before you're 10.