Techniques Used

• Clever Cat Educational Resources uses simple, step by step instructions.
• This helps parents to understand what they need to be teaching their child; and also how to do it.
• Positive reinforcement is vital to encourage your child.  There are many suggestions for positive feedback, and alternative ways to correcting your child’s mistakes, using words other than “no”.
• When parents are comfortable with the information they are wanting to teach, and understand how to introduce it, the child will then be comfortable playing the games.
• There is a structured approach to each Clever Cat Set, and straightforward background information that is clearly explained.
• Clever Cat Educational Resources is based on the premise that if a child is enjoying themselves and feels secure attempting the games, then learning is going to take place.
• Clever Cat also has a lot of repetition of skills, played in varying ways so the children do not get bored, but receive enough practice that they learn the information in a solid manner.
• The children can also see for themselves how much they are learning, and so their self esteem and confidence soars.
• Clever Cat does not just teach children a list of words, it teaches the skills to be able to analyse the words and then Clever Cat applies the words into context in readers, sentence making activities and story writing.