The Importance of Having Real Life Skills for Children

Teaching children real life skills through visitors, I think, can be a really useful way of doing things. It's not only just about having very real resources, that's a massive part of it, but it's also about having real experiences for children. Those simple, well, quite often simple experiences, you know, firefighters coming in to school or a trip to the library are really important. There are so many opportunities there for physical skills and seeing patterns, using mathematical language,. baking with them every week if possible," she says.