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Limiting children’s screen time: a framework that works

Simple rules to limit children's screen time: prepare for stopping, choose alternatives, and build a family agreement that lasts.

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Parent Guide · September 17, 2026

How much homework time in primary school? From CP to CM2

How much time to spend on homework from CP to CM2? Concrete benchmarks to observe difficulties, know when to stop…

👨‍👩‍👧Parent Guide · September 15, 2026

My child refuses to do homework: what to do tonight?

Your child refuses homework? Phrases to calm the crisis, identify the blockage, and prepare a useful exchange with…

Learning through play · September 13, 2026

Learning through play: helping your child without turning everything into homework

Learning through play from CP to CM2: simple activities, the right role of the parent, and benchmarks to distinguish pleasure, …

Learning through play · September 11, 2026

Free educational games online for primary school: which to choose?

Compare free educational games from CP to CM2: reading, math, advertising, and registration. Simple benchmarks for …

Learning through play · September 9, 2026

Game to learn multiplication tables: 5 ideas at home

Cards, dice, mistigri: choose a game to learn multiplication tables at home, with simple rules…

Revision methods · September 7, 2026

Helping your child with homework: guide without doing it for them

Helping your child with homework without holding the pen: guiding phrases, gradual withdrawal from CP to CM2 and …

Revision methods · September 5, 2026

Homework and dyslexic child: adapting work at home without exhausting yourself

Ways to adapt homework with the teacher: instructions, fatigue, and school accommodations. Institutional sources…

Revision methods · September 3, 2026

Giving your child a taste for reading: what works (and what puts them off)

Giving your child a taste for reading: 5 effective gestures, 4 mistakes that put them off, and the right ritual by level…

Revision methods · September 1, 2026

Mind map to learn a lesson: how to do it step by step with your child

How to make a mind map to learn a lesson with your child: 6 steps, an example from CM1, and when the family…

Revision methods · August 31, 2026

How to help your child in math when you yourself are not confident

How to help your child in math without knowing how to do the exercise: the phrase to stop saying, blocks from CP to CM2 and …

Parent Guide · August 29, 2026

Back-to-school budget: lighten the bill without upsetting the child

Back-to-school budget: sorting supplies, second-hand backpack, CAF aids — concrete tips to pay less c…

Preparing for the school year · August 27, 2026

Starting the school year well: replace “getting good grades” with 5 family goals

No more “getting good grades”: starting the school year well means setting 5 goals as a family, a visible contract…

Preparing for the school year · August 25, 2026

My child reads poorly in CE1: understand why and what to do tonight

My child reads poorly in CE1: identify where the difficulty lies, the ten-minute two-voice reading ritual, and when to …

Preparing for the school year · August 23, 2026

Primary school supplies list: the anti-waste guide from CP to CM2

Primary school supplies list: the table from CP to CM2, what to keep from last year, what to double and…

Preparing for the school year · August 21, 2026

Restore the sleep rhythm before back to school: the 10-day method

Restore the sleep rhythm before back to school: the 10-day plan, bedtime by school level, evening routine…

Preparing for back to school · August 20, 2026

Child stressed by back to school: 9 simple actions to reassure them

Child stressed by back to school: signs of school anxiety to watch for, 9 concrete actions, first day rituals…

Preparing for back to school · August 19, 2026

Primary homework routine: the guide by level, from CP to CM2

Primary homework routine: what time, how long by level, the 5 steps that last all year and what to do…

Revision methods · August 19, 2026

How to prepare a dictation: the 4-pass method, from CP to CM2

How to prepare a dictation without spending the evening on it: the 4-pass method, length benchmarks by level and the…

Revision methods · August 18, 2026

The Pomodoro method adapted for children: revise in 10-minute chunks

The Pomodoro method adapted for the child: the right block duration by level, which timer to choose and a homework session…

Revision methods · August 16, 2026

Improve your child's concentration: 10 concrete levers at home

Improve your child's concentration: realistic durations by level, 10 levers to apply starting tonight and the if…

Revision methods · August 14, 2026

The syllabic method for learning to read: why it is making a comeback

Syllabic method for learning to read: the difference with the global method, what official recommendations say…

Cheat sheets & memorization · August 12, 2026

English mnemonic device: irregular verbs, spelling and false friends

English mnemonic device: sound families for irregular verbs, key spelling phrases, false friends and ri…

Cheat sheets & memorization · August 10, 2026

How to learn a lesson by heart (and remember it on test day)

How to learn a lesson by heart in 5 steps: understand, break down, recite with closed notebook, get quizzed and re…

Cheat sheets & memorization · August 9, 2026

Visual or auditory memory in children: what really works

Visual or auditory memory in children: what research really says, why the label is misleading, and how…

Cheat sheets & memorization · August 6, 2026

How to remember history dates: timeline, stories and mental images

How to remember history dates without rote recitation: mental image, narrative, hallway timeline and 12 da…

Cheat sheets & memorization · August 6, 2026

Homophone tips: a or à, et or est, on or ont without mistakes

a or à, et or est, on or ont: the replacement test that gives the right answer in two seconds. Homophone tips…

Cheat sheets & memorization · August 2, 2026

Tip to remember conjugation: 7 markers that finally work

Endings, future or conditional, -é or -er: tips to remember conjugation, tests that decide and the…

Cheat sheets & memorization · July 30, 2026

Learn invariable words without tears: 6 tips that change everything

Learn invariable words without crisis: sorting by families, silent letter in color, 3-word quick dictation…

Reminders & memorization · July 28, 2026

How to learn a poem quickly: the method in 4 evenings

How to learn a poem quickly: the method in 4 evenings of 10 minutes, the cloze text, tips by level …

Reminders & memorization · July 26, 2026

Mnemonic for the planets: remember the order of the solar system in one sentence

The mnemonic for the planets: the sentence that puts Mercury to Neptune back in order, the table of the 8 planets and …

Parent guide · July 24, 2026

"My child is bored during the holidays": what to do (without guilt)

My child is bored during the holidays: why boredom is actually healthy, an anti-boredom idea box and a ritual of…

Reminders & memorization · July 24, 2026

How to learn multiplication tables: the plan that finally works

In what order, with which tips and how much time per day? The concrete plan to learn multiplication tables…

Learning through play · July 22, 2026

15 games to keep children busy in the car (that make them think)

15 games to keep children busy in the car, with almost no materials: classics and clever games that help revise…

Preparing for back to school · July 20, 2026

Revising before back to school in August: the program for the last 2 weeks

Revising before back to school in August without stress: a gentle 15-day plan to restart the rhythm and key concepts, cla…

Preparing for back to school · July 18, 2026

Preparing for entry into 6e: the calm parents’ guide for CM2

Preparing for entry into 6e without stress: what changes after CM2 (last year of primary school, around 10-11 years old), the summer checklist, autonomy skills and the n…

Preparing for back to school · July 16, 2026

Preparing for CP entry during the summer: the 7 real priorities

Preparing for entry into CP without cramming: the 7 real summer priorities, what is learned in class and a 10-minute ritual…

Holiday workbooks · July 15, 2026

How much time per day on a holiday workbook? The right amount by age

How much time per day on a holiday workbook? The right durations by age, from GS (Grande Section, last year of kindergarten, about 5-6 years old) to CM2 (last year of primary school, about 10-11 years old), and why regularity…

Holiday workbooks · July 12, 2026

Free printable Grande Section holiday workbook: prepare for CP without pressure

A real free printable Grande Section holiday workbook, no email required: handwriting, letters, sounds, counting up to 10...

Holiday workbooks · July 12, 2026

Free printable CM2 summer workbook: preparing for entry into 6th grade

A free printable CM2 (5th grade) summer workbook, no email required, to prepare for 6th grade: fractions, conjugation, writing…

Holiday workbooks · July 12, 2026

Free printable CM1 summer workbook: the summer that tames fractions

A real free CM1 holiday workbook to print, no email required: fractions, decimals, long division, homophones… and a …

Holiday workbooks · July 12, 2026

Free printable CE2 holiday workbook: the summer of times tables

A real free CE2 holiday workbook to print, no email required: multiplication tables, reading, grammar, telling time and …

Holiday workbooks · July 12, 2026

Free printable CE1 holiday workbook: heading towards CE2

A real free CE1 holiday workbook to print, no email required: fluency, present tense, table of 2, written operations… the pro…

Holiday workbooks · July 10, 2026

Free printable CP holiday workbook: what to review before CE1

A real free printable CP holiday workbook, no email required: what to review before CE1 (reading, writing, calculation) without...

Reminders & memorization · July 7, 2026

15 mnemonic techniques every student should know (from CP to Bac)

A good mnemonic technique gets a lesson into the head in a few seconds. Discover 15 proven tips, from …

Parent guide · July 7, 2026

The “summer slide”: why your child forgets, and what to do

Loss of skills during school holidays is not inevitable: here’s how to avoid it in 10 minutes per day…

Revision Methods · July 7, 2026

Your child refuses to revise? 7 methods that really work

Refusal, tears, conflict? Discover 7 parent methods to get your child to revise without crisis: short sessions, rituals…

Holiday Workbooks · July 7, 2026

Holiday workbook: how to choose well, grade by grade (GS → CM2)

Level, duration, answer keys: the 5 criteria to choose a holiday workbook really adapted to your child, grade by g...