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Should we be Teaching in the Early Years?

There has been much debate in Europe about whether it is more important for children to learn or to play at pre-school. Should children...

Comedy is in the surprising; there is quirkiness and unpredictability in the lightness of humour. We laugh at an unexpected event, and...

I have lived in three quite diverse Swiss neighbourhoods since arriving here in 2002. The differences among them, in hindsight, are...

In Switzerland and many other European countries, team and athletic sports are not organised as part of school. They are social,...

To many of us working parents, the term “daycare” (Kindertagesstätte, Kita or Krippe in the German-speaking part of Switzerland) simply...

This may seem an impossible question to answer. By reflecting on our own experiences and identifying what happiness at school or lack of...

When a teacher reports that a child is not progressing or fulfilling her potential at school, the parents suddenly have to face the...

In the current economic climate, international company employees are facing dramatic cuts by global employers who now only offer local...

We often wish that summer holidays could go on and on… well, they can! For this summer issue Monica Shah, our education columnist,...

As our children grow and change, we parents develop new perspectives on their potential. Preschools and kindergartens are often their...