The process of learning to read and write is called early literacy and begins way before your child is striding off to school. Educators now know that these skills emerge alongside language development and are intrinsically linked. It doesn't mean

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and fresh fish before it was really fashionable. It was exciting helping her to cook as she would always ask me to taste things as they developed. She was also very calm in the kitchen, which I am sure was because she was a confident cook. It meant that I

 unusual to have someone spend 50 minutes tugging your toes, ears and hair, but it was a strangely pleasant experience, even if Grace did laugh at me when I emerged with crazy, disheveled hair.After ten years in development and four years in the making

 endless repeat.” Her own passion for pattern also manifested itself in her love of drawing and art, “I was always doodling away,” as she puts it, and she developed a strong graphic style that won many admiring compliments from her teachers. Orla was also a handy