as educational. 15The Jolly Postmanby Janet and Allan Ahlberg Puffin, £12.99 (first published 1986)By Allan Ahlberg’s own admission, he and his late wife always liked to make a book very different from the one before. In The Jolly Postman, our

Dyslexia is a condition which affects how children process language and affects up to ten per cent of the population. While it pose challenges, there are some practical things youcan do to help your child: 1) Put in some extra time to help your

1 Dress up Create a dress-up box. A doctor, a dragon or Darth Vader… pretending to be something or someone else will let your child’s imagination run riot.2 Stimulate sensesYour child will love exploring different textures and scents. Gather leaves

Most children start talking between about nine and 15 months, starting to enunciate clearly at about two years. However, not all children find language so simple and still haven’t produced their first words when all around them are already nattering

radical overhaul, if not abolition, with the age-inappropriate demands of the overly-cognitive literacy and mathematics ELGs requiring particular attention.The new Foundation Phase curriculum will recognise the prominence that needs to be accorded to young

to open that day’s door on the impressive two metre high wooden calendar. Storytelling at Somerset houseDecember 3, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 22Curl up beside the glamorous New-York inspired Tiffany & Co tree at Somerset House for one of these fabulous

by the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU), around four children in every 100,000 are currently treated for an eating disorder, including anorexia, bulimia and binge eating. The researchers of the study entitled Early Onset Eating Disorders asked 2

. “They certainly don’t understand that boys can’t wear frilly things or are supposed to act in a special boy way.” A report published by the Centre for Language in Primary Education in 1999 entitled Boys And Reading also found that cross-dressing could

something very comforting about the fact that her teas were always the same and thanks to my grandma I can now make a mean Battenberg and my children, Ella, 11, Lola, 10  and Finley 9, are now learning to do the same.What foods did you like as a child

historic 1,000-acre estate on Cornwall’s breathtaking Lizard peninsula, is time spent well. Here, even the beautiful buildings have been ‘recycled’: two 18th-century cottages stand within a fort dating back to the Iron Age, while a Georgian barn has been