A child’s education starts at home. They start learning from a very young age and progress as their brain develops. I recently started helping my 3 year old to start to do some basic sums using a number of methods that I had found on the internet. It was very surprising to see how quickly see picked it up and within only a few weeks was doing simply addition sums in her head.

From speaking to a number of teachers, they have confirmed that if a child has a good understanding of colours, shapes, counting and letters when they start school and then they seem to quickly advance to the next stage.

Education at home does not have to be something to worry about, even simple counting games such as counting up the stairs or counting out raisins can all help aid a child’s learning and give them a great start at school.