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Alunna of the World!
By Alice Griffin – Officially, my five-year-old daughter should start school today… but instead she has gone for a swimming lesson with her dad. You see I believe education is something that does not necessarily happen solely within the confines of a traditional classroom, but also out here, in this great world we have on…
For the Love of Cavallos
By Alice Griffin – In my opinion, the main requirement for any kind of learning for children is that they are engaged and want to learn. So I have to admit I was sceptical at first that the Rosetta Stone language software would be the right approach for my five-year-old daughter as I thought it…
World’s biggest ever cleft lip and palate research programme
Over 1200 babies a year are born with cleft lip and/or pallate, and it is one of the most common birth defects in the world, with little still known about the causes of cleft lip and palate Parents of children born with a cleft lip and/or palate are being invited to enrol in the world’s…
What is Hello in Spanish mummy?
By Alice Griffin – Walking hurriedly along the towpath with my daughter to meet friends we haven’t seen since we all lived near each other in Spain back in 2008, my daughter stops in her tracks: “Oh Mummy, wait a minute… how do I say hello to them?” she queries tentatively, “is it Hola?” I…
Learning Languages Together
By Alice Griffin – My memories of learning a second language are confined to the four walls of a dull secondary school classroom where I spent most of my time daydreaming of faraway places, rather than equipping myself with the tools necessary to enjoy them fully. Sadly I think it was my age (13) that…
How your baby’s brain develops
Nancy Slessenger, a brain expert, explains how your baby’s brain continually grows and develops throughout pregnancy and explains why diet and the lifestyle choices that you make can have such an impact upon your unborn child. The anticipation that a pregnant woman experiences whilst awaiting the birth of her child can be excruciating: counting down the weeks, estimating…
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Tagged Baby, baby development, Birth, Boy, Brain, Central nervous system, Child development, dyslexia, Girl, Language, Motor skills, Pregnancy, womb
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Bringing up a bilingual baby
Can your cooing bundle become a multilingual master? Sam Pope looks at how you can bring up a bilingual baby. From the very beginning… Your baby has been exposed to language even before you ever thought about helping her language skills after birth. In the womb, your baby has listened to your voice and learnt to…
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Tagged Babbling, Baby, bilingual, Child development, Language, Language development, Multilingualism, Parent, second language, talking
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Your baby 12 to 18 months
Officially, your baby is now a toddler. His world will become a much more exciting place because not only is he up on two feet but he now has his hands free so he can move around and hold things at the same time. This is an exhausting time for parents – he will need careful watching at all…
Baby telepathy
We have all seen books that promise us that we will understand our babies after reading them. However, one man says he can read the innermost thoughts and secrets of your little one. We spoke to telepathist Derek Ogilvie to find out how and what he hears from the minds of babes… A bit of…
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Babies’ language link to bubble blowing
23rd June 2006 Infants who can blow bubbles and lick their lips are more likely to pick up language quickly, according to a new study. The study, by Dr Katie Alcock, lecturer in psychology at Lancaster University, looked at skills that might predict a child’s ability to develop language. It found that the ability to…
