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Why Don't Young Children Like Wearing Coats?
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Ellie Dixon lives in deepest rural Devon, England with her husband and two very large Newfoundland dogs. She is passionate about vintage illustrated children's books and loves to restore and edit them for today's kids to rediscover. Visit her website(read
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Early Reading Can Be Fun!
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Reading is vitally important in today's modern world. But what a lot of today's television age children don't understand is that reading is also fun! It's one thing to teach a child to read, but quite another to teach them to enjoy reading. Here are so(read
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Let Battle Commence - Getting Your Toddler Dressed
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Dressing your child should be the easiest of tasks, but all too often it turns into a battle of wills between you and your toddler. Even if you are telling them to put on their favorite sweater, a control-hungry toddler is almost certain to shout an empha(read
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Pumpkin Painting - Great Halloween Fun!
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Pumpkin Painting is easy, effective and fun. Within an hour or two, you can learn an art that will provide smiles, joy and laughter for children and adults alike, could allow you to give unique and personalized gifts throughout the Fall Season and could(read
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The Art Of The Storyteller - The Oral Tradition
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Storytelling has since before history beganbeen a vital method of communicating traditions and belifs of a society from one generation to the next.
Ellie Dixon lives in Devon, England. She adores vintage illustrated children's books and loves to restor(read
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Category : Leisure and Recreation
The Art Of Storytelling - Selecting And Rehearsing Your Story
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Stories are a part of life. The anecdotes we bring home from work, the events that take place on a kid's journey to school are all stories. Formal storytelling generally takes place in libraries, schools, care centres etc and the storyteller needs to(read
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Category : Hobbies
Character Education - It's Best To Begin At A Young Age
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Imagine ... a child who puts her dirty clothes in the linen basket instead of dropping them on the floor, who clears her room without being asked, who clears the dinner table without complaint and who happily gives up a morning to help out with the grocer(read
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Top Tips For Tidy Tots
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When you hear the word "toddler" what image comes to mind? Definitely not neat, tidy and organised - toddlers and mess seem to go together! But there are ways you can keep the havoc a toddler can create under control, without tantrums from either of you.(read
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Teaching Good Manners Doesn't Have To Be Hard
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Kids need to learn how to stand up for themselves, but must also learn to take into account and respect the feelings and rights of other children too - in other words, they need to learn good manners. It is possible to teach children good manners without(read
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The Importance Of Play In Early Learning
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Parents don't always understand the importance of play , and in today's competitive world, the temptation is to stop your children "wasting time" and to put the time to what they believe is more constructive use. For a young child, there is no better use of time - read on and discover why.
Ellie Dixon lives in Devon, England with her husband and 2 huge Newfoundland dogs. She adores vintage illustrated children's books and loves to restore and edit them for today's kids to rediscover. Visit Ellie's website, Scruffy's Bookshop, to view a new online toolkit called "Kids of Character". It's designed to help you raise responsible, caring kids in a fun way. Don't forget to sign up for her free monthly newsletter while you're there!(read
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Category : Education
