It’s not easy to leave our comfort zone. Our comfort zone is comfortable, right? Don’t mess with it if it works. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. 

Some things need to stay in the comfort zone. A school day routine that gets the kids out of bed and ready to go is something to leave alone. Treasure it! Build on it!

Learning is about making changes. Do the changes happen before, during or after the learning? I’d argue they happen throughout the entire process. During our attempts to learn something new, we go back and forth. We take forward steps, sideways steps, backward steps. 

Every Tuesday, I get together with a couple of mates and play music in my garage. I play piano, one guy plays bass, the other acoustic guitar. We’re all around the same age–we’re retired. 

Your child’s learning journey, indeed everyone’s, follows a similar pathway.  We all gain mobility, acquire language, and become independent by travelling the same track. Some arrive earlier, some later.

We talked about trains arriving at stations last time. Another label is milestones. A familiar term as you watch your child grow and learn.

Change keeps us on our toes. If you’ve been involved in changes at your workplace, you’ll know it can be stressful, filled with both anxious and rewarding moments. People naturally try to resist. Why wear new shoes when the old ones still have life in them? Besides, my feet are okay. I’m blister-free, and these shoes are comfortable

Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I learn.

When we left off, your child was watching TV, right? Despite repeated requests to tidy their bedroom, nothing worked. Well, that’s not entirely true. If nothing worked, it meant we’d tried everything.

Picture this: It’s the weekend, and your (insert age of your own child here) year-old is stretched out on the floor watching TV. You ask them to tidy their room. Ten minutes later, they haven’t moved.