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Lifeskills: Looking after a pet
On 11/04/2012 in Education
How to introduce a family pet into your home
used to human handling from an early age.• Your child should always wash his hands after handling his pet and shouldn't allow it to lick his face.• Remember, the more love you give your pet, the more it will give in return.Lifeskills: Washing hands
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Meet the man behind Moshi Monsters
On 05/10/2010 in Toys & Games
We get the low-down on online craze Moshi Monsters from creator Michael Acton Smith
. It turned out she was looking at all the flags outside the hotel, and could recognise them after playing Moshi Monsters.What else can children learn from Moshi Monsters? We’re helping children to become aware of the big issues affecting the world. Recently
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Top Ten Tips for School
On 31/07/2008 in Education
Teacher Charlie Taylor offers his insider’s guide to get both you and your child to the top of the class
WHEN YOUR CHILD first heads off to school, it can be hard to let go. You remember your own teachers – the inspiring, the boring and the downright useless. What’s this one going to be like? And most importantly, how can you get the best out of her
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The Family Festival Guide 2013
On 22/05/2013 in Days Out
Junior's pick of the most fabulous family-friendly festivals around
, Horrible Histories and Erth’s Dinosaur Petting Zoo. Your child can also learn circus skills and cheer on knights in a jousting tournament.Added extras There’s a plethora of delicious food on offer from the British Foodies Tent to the Local Farmers Market
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Great adventures: camping
On 26/08/2011 in Tips & advice
There are few family bonding experiences as glorious as camping out, being at one with nature and sleeping (or not!) beneath the stars…
everything much more of an adventure. Squashed together in a small space, you learn so much more about each other. Listening to their little snores as they sleep, while you sit by the fire drinking wine, is very different to tucking them up in their own beds
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The Top 100 Children's Books
On 20/04/2010 in Books
So here they are! The best books for children of all time, voted by you.
And Language Of Schoolchildren by Iona and Peter Opie,” recalls Allan Ahlberg. “It’s a collection of playground rhymes from the 1930s into the 1950s. It was the idea that you could hide things in the pictures and then reveal them. It’s a very simple text
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Lessons learned from my rabbit
On 12/04/2012 in Education
These sweet and soft creatures will teach your child the meaning of life
is because she keeps running away from Fluffy.” Interestingly, the Victorians were the first to keep rabbits as children’s pets. What they made of all the sex is anyone’s guess.3 Being different is OK Here’s an important rabbit fact: their idea of fun
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