# Tutorpip Blog > Learning that feels like play: maths, reading and science at home. ## Posts - [Five kitchen-table science experiments for ages 5 to 9 (and what to ask while you do them)](https://blog.tutorpip.com/five-kitchen-table-science-experiments/): Five safe experiments using things from the kitchen, with what actually happens and why, plus the questions that turn a fun activity into real science. - [Helping a child who finds reading hard: echo reading and five calm habits](https://blog.tutorpip.com/helping-a-child-who-finds-reading-hard/): When reading is a struggle, more pressure makes it worse. Echo reading, short daily sessions and a few calm habits help a child gain confidence, and tell you when it is time to ask the school for more. - [Screen-time rules your child can actually follow](https://blog.tutorpip.com/screen-time-rules-your-child-can-follow/): A rule works when a child understands it, can predict it and sees it applied the same way every day. A practical way to set screen-time limits, handle the end of play and make learning first a routine, not a bribe. - [Counting with a four-year-old: ten games that need nothing but your day](https://blog.tutorpip.com/counting-with-a-four-year-old-ten-games/): Reciting 1 to 10 is not the same as understanding what the numbers mean. Ten everyday games that build real counting, with no flashcards and nothing to buy. - [Grade 2 maths: what your child should know, and how to practice it at home](https://blog.tutorpip.com/grade-2-maths-what-your-child-should-know/): Grade 2 is where maths stops being counting and starts being about how numbers are built. Here is what the year covers, in plain words, with ten-minute ways to practice each part. - [Welcome to the Tutorpip blog](https://blog.tutorpip.com/welcome/): Short, practical posts on how children learn and how to help at home. ## Pages - [Our authors](https://blog.tutorpip.com/authors/): Meet the Tutorpip blog's writers: one byline for each beat, from early years and maths to reading, science and family life. - [About the blog](https://blog.tutorpip.com/about/): About the Tutorpip blog: practical guides on maths, reading and science for parents and children at home, and who writes them. [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)