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A few weeks ago, we decided to share and brainstorm creative writing ideas at our staff meetings. Rather than the traditional approach of writing an essay based on a given title, we looked at how other activities (such as incorporating crafts, visualizing & verbalizing, drawing pictures, taking...

Every now and then, we receive cards or letters from our past students and parents, reminding us why we do what we do. Here’s a beautiful one by Lea that we received recently. Help me, hand me your hand, pull me out of this abyss. I can’t read, tell me what’s wrong. Why am I [...]

We’ve been having fun exploring our huge collection of picture books at Hils over the last few weeks. One of the biggest misconceptions that we often hear about picture books is that they are only meant for younger children. Picture books are great learning tools as they build on vocabulary, compreh...

Only a month left till Dr. Campbell-McBride’s half day lecture on Gut & Psychology Syndrome and we’re all very excited! To find out more on the Gut and Psychology syndrome, please visit http://gaps.me/ To register for the lecture, either: Email us at workshops@hilslearning.com Register online a...

Children who have great difficulty with numbers and number concepts are said to have Dyscalculia or the Math version of Dyslexia. For these children to gain access to the mysteries of Math, one of the most successful approaches is multisensory. We’ve always known that learning by doing is the ...

Here’s an extraordinary story about Carly, a 14 year old Autistic girl, who finally finds her inner voice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_GXVzZ0Unk

Our next Parent Support Group evening is just around the corner and this time we will be talking about Nutrition and its effects on children’s behaviour and learning. We will be having professionals in the field of Nutrition sharing their knowledge as well as some of our students’ parent...

We’ve always known that a child’s diet and nutrition can have a considerable impact on their overall behaviour and learning abilities. While there’s no ‘one-diet-fits-all’, some parents have tried reducing the amount of gluten from their child’s diet, to check for gluten-intolerances. An interesting...