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Highly Commended Best Story App 2012: If poems
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 17:37:21
Open up a wonderful world of poems and rhymes, If Poems
Poetry sometimes struggles against fiction to attract a young child's attention, and yet there is an amazing wealth of fabulous poems, rhymes and ditties that children will love – all they need is to know about them. This brilliant app contains
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Baby naming ceremonies: The hippest way to welcome your new baby
By on 02/06/2010 15:26:16
Alternative ways to mark the birth of a new addition to the family
There's a new vogue for parents from non-religious backgrounds to hold a baby naming ceremony to welcome their new baby to the world. You might want to go for a pagan-style woodland gathering with your baby showered in rose petals. Or maybe you'll plump for a lakeside picnic with...
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Moving house: a survival guide
By Kelly Beswick on 01/10/2010 17:10:45
How to get through a house move whatever the age of your child
the child in discussing how to make Fido or Felix feel comfortable; you will pick up a lot of clues about what your child is worried about too.5-7 yearsEncourage poems and paintings about the old home and the new one. Keep a collection of works of art from
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Despicable Me
By Catherine O'Dolan on 15/10/2010 17:12:03
Why do the bad guys always have all the fun? Meet Gru and the gang from Despicable Me.
IT'S A UNDENIABLE truth that evil is so much more fun to watch than goody-two-shoes – even Milton discovered the fact in his epic 17th century poem Paradise Lost when he was depicting the Machiavellian evil of Satan versus God. And so it is with Gru
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How to help your toddler to talk
By Kate Donoughue on 03/02/2011 10:59:49
Ways you can encourage your late-talking child to chat
response from you.Use occasions, such as getting dressed, to help your child to practise what he is learning to understand. For example, ask your child to fetch his clothes one item at a time.Repeat poems or words involving sounds. For example, The Wheels
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Top ten family rainy day activities
By Junior on 26/02/2013 09:18:00
Fed up of trying to dodge those puddles? Here is our roundup of ten activities to stave off boredom on a rainy day…
with drawings, photographs, musings, poems and dried flowers – anything that reminds you of each and every day. Even toddlers can have a holiday diary – although you will have to help them quite a bit."Give your child a big board of cardboard then show him how
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Junior meets Where Is Fred? Illustrator, Ali Pye
By Fiona McKim on 28/05/2012 10:10:32
After being Highly Commended in our Most Promising New Talent category, the illustrator talks children, caravans and crafty foxes
and bouncy and in need of a trim!. Charlie loves the Dr Seuss books, especially the poem Too Many Daves. He’s like the Gruffalo’s Child, venturing forth into the world then running back to safety every now and again.How do you feel about E
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Fabulous Festive Days Out In London
By Fiona McKim on 10/11/2011 10:00:42
Our pick of the happiest yuletide happenings in the capital
Morgan James transports you to Christmas past with a special reading of Dylan Thomas' festive poem A Child's Christmas In Wales. Sumptuous hot chocolate and festive cookies will be provided by Sicilian restaurant, Caponata whilst a live musical
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Glamour Girls: Elspeth Gibson's new range for girls
By on 19/04/2010 13:43:51
Fashion designer Elspeth Gibson is adding a touch of glamour in her new range for girls-with a little help from her two daughters
the inspiration: the collection of cute framed paintings by Evie and Amelie, the poem Evie wrote about her sister’s hands, and the collection of family photographs that record many generations, including her great aunt and grandmother, and so many happy occasions
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