Vocabulary Games and Activities

If you’ve read Language and Learning, you’ll know that three simple ways to help your young child develop their language skills is talking with them, playing with them, and reading…

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Pre-Literacy Games and Activities

If you’ve read my language and learning article, you’ll know that one of the best, and most natural, ways to encourage a child’s pre-literacy development is by reading with them.…

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Take Your Dog to Work Day

Today is International Take Your Dog to Work Day.  So I did. Meet Leo.  Leo is a 15 month old labradoodle whose special talents include chewing, digging, sniffing, and eating…

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Table Talk

Every parent has experienced it. That mysterious dinner time “black hole” which opens up somewhere around 6.30pm and extends beyond any reasonable bed time, swallowing up the evening and leaving you…

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