Starting School by Janet and Allan Ahlberg (Puffin, £5.99)First published in 1990, this classic picture book by well-loved husband and wife team Janet and Allan Ahlberg is filled with eager young pupils learning all the new and exciting rituals

Build up your child's defence against coughs, colds, nits and sneezes Ah yes, seasons of mists and mellow fruitfulness… Autumn is the start of the new academic year, and with the return to school comes exposure to all kinds of bugs and germs

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

Reading regularly with children can dramatically reduce disruptive behaviour, according to a study carried out at eight primary schools in the London borough of Lambeth by the Institute of Psychiatry. The key to the scheme wasn't reading in itself

from an early age and it won’t come as any shock when it is time for them to start school. Always keep a close eye on the time, and encourage children to help you make a poster showing the routine and a schedule, for example, draw a clock showing 7am

the majority of children had mastered the basic foundations of literacy within one year or less of starting school, but that the English-speaking children took two and a half years, even though the children were matched in general educational ability and social

it down.DO… Act with decorum at all times Once your child starts school, they have a network to rival the mafia. Anything you do within a three-mile radius of the premises will get back in the most harsh terms. Be invisible Until your child asks you

at moving from one host to another during head-to-head contact. When your hair is touching someone else’s, even for a few moments, there is an opportunity for head lice to migrate. This is why they are so prevalent amongst primary school children.How can you

with enormous poise” in The Times. Here Lowri, who trains at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, tells us about her first starring role:When did you start dancing? When I was fourWho are your dance heroes? Daria Klimentova – even more so since sharing

start with a dummy book. A dummy book is eight sheets of paper folded and stapled to make a 32-page blank book, into which I sketch my idea. Sometimes it takes many, many dummy books before the pictures and the story are just right. It’s hard work