Dreading school holidays? It's your golden opportunity to evaluate.

If you are dreading the upcoming school holidays thinking there will be more pain than pleasure, whilst it may not be pleasurable, you can use this time wisely and see it as a great opportunity to review family relationships.

If things in your family are not as you would like, what's going wrong?

If you could transform relationships into what you would hope they might be, what would they look like and how would you get there?

Paulene Richardson  can guide and support you through the process of evaluation and change, using her empathy, knowledge and immense range of practical skills. Together you can work through the many options and choose the path that's right for your family.  You can then be supported for as long as you want.

If you ring before June 30th you will be eligible for our mid-year discount.

It's never too early, babies just love books!

““Children whose parents read to them get a head start on language skills and literacy, as well as lovely cuddle time with Mum or Dad. But many children miss out on that experience, with one-third of children starting kindergarten without the language skills they need to learn to read.”

”Early exposure to language, whether through reading, talking or even singing,has a profound influence on children’s learning through life, research has found.

Hearing language from a TV isn’t the same, studies have found. For young children, the words have to come from a real live human.””

These are just two quotes from an article on NPR's website,  see the full article here.

As well as positively impacting your child's language development books open the door to shared joyous experiences, in the early weeks, months and years providing endless opportunities for fun.

A great thing about books is that they are so practical and portable, they can be taken and enjoyed anywhere and can provide a powerful distraction when needed.

Wonderfully, you don't need to buy a lot of books as they can be obtained free from your local library. Many libraries and some bookshops run 'story-time' sessions which can be scheduled into your weekly routine.

As children grow and language develops the book becomes a fabulous springboard for discussion, don't worry if the story is too long or complex, simplify it and tell you own around the pictures.

Provide a basket or shelf of books so that children from a very young age can also enjoy books by themselves. 

When the child moves from their cot into a bed a basket within reach, containing a few books (a bike basket can work well depending on the design of  the bed) and a simple reading lamp leads to hours of pleasure.

I love my books!