29th February 2012

Happy St David's day

When I was a child, my favourite days of the year, in order, were: 1) Christmas Day 2) My birthday 3) St David's Day The first two are obvious of course - they involve presents! But the third,…

Tags: children, parenting, fun, kids, confidence, Activities, parents, Traditions, Home, manners

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20th May 2011

Thank you mummy

Before I had my own children, I had very clear ideas about the way in which I was going to bring them up. Having taught so many and seen so many parents 'parent', I thought I knew it all. Hmmm... The…

Tags: child development, drama, dance and singing, children, behaviour, parenting, teaching, Traditions, manners, please and thank you

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14th May 2011

Sing, Sing, Sing

It's probably no surprise to you that I'm a big believer in the power of song. So I was really pleased to read this Guardian article that a friend forwarded to me this week; http://bit.ly/moqAbc. It's…

Tags: child development, drama, dance and singing, children, parenting, singing, confidence, Activities, teaching, Traditions, language

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1st March 2011

Happy St David's Day!

1st March is St David's Day and I'm Welsh, so it's obviously an important day for me! And here are my little lovelies appropriately dressed for the occasion - getting them to sit still for…

Tags: Traditions, St David's Day

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