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Why should you challenge yourself?
Why should you challenge yourself? What are the benefits of challenging yourself? You might work all hours. You might be exhausted from parenting or juggling parenting with a job. You might have hit the joys of menopause and the resulting fatigue. You might...
Touch Typing is an Amazing Skill!
Touch typing, on a computer keyboard, really is a pretty amazing thing and in my opinion (of course I’m biased), is underrated. Touch typing is a skill involving “cognitive automaticity”, using the same part of the brain as walking, eating or riding a bike. It uses...
Are you a fan of handwriting?
Handwriting - are you surprised to learn that one in ten Britons haven't written anything by hand this last year? According to a survey of 2000 people by family history site Ancestry, most prefer to email, text or send social media messages instead of penning...
How can children get organised at secondary school?
How can children get organised at secondary school? My son has just started secondary and there is so much to remember, especially as the timetable changes every other week. There are pe days, club days and cooking days. There are school books and reading books...
10 ways touch typing can help
10 ways touch typing can help Are you thinking about you or your child learning to touch type, wondering whether it might be a good investment? Here are some top ways that touch typing can help and it's like riding a bike - once learned, never forgotten! Speed - You...
How can you help your child to focus?
Back to School Tips from the Type IT! Team
Back to school tips As our children start school this week and next, here are some tips for the start of the school term. 1. Try and get together a weekly wall planner with a rough idea of school and activities - when their clubs and pe lessons are so that kit can be...
Is Latin an important topic to learn at school? If not, what other practical skills should children learn?
Is Latin an important topic to learn at school? If not, what other practical skills should children learn? Education secretary Gavin Williamson has initiated a new scheme to boost the take-up of Latin among disadvantaged pupils. He unveiled a £4 million "Latin...
The benefits of touch typing for children
What is Touch Typing? Learning to touch type enables you to type letters, numbers, punctuation and symbols without looking at the keyboard. This process relies on muscle memory, the same type of memory used to learn an instrument or sport. When is the right time to...
Do you feel like taking on a new challenge and learning a new skill? What is the best way to learn?
Do you feel like taking on a new challenge and learning a new skill? What is the best way to learn? We all have different ways of learning that work for us, but here are a few tips on how to learn the best possible way, whether learning to swim, play an instrument,...