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Win a Family ticket to the The Jubilee Family Festival
We have ten family passes to give away to see Thomas the Tank Engine™ on stage at the Jubilee Family Festival
Competition ends 29th May 2012Groups
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Win with Miss Little Princess
Hang out the union jack bunting, roll out the red carpet and sound the trumpets for the arrival of Little Miss Princess and her canine friend at this very British street party. She made her debut in time for the Royal Wedding last year, now, to coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, she stars…
Win a copy of Babies in Waiting
Win a copy of BABIES IN WAITING Rosie Fiore’s funny and heartwarming novel about three mothers-to-be in very different circumstances. (Quercus, £6.99). Louise, 38, Toni, 26, and Gemma, 18 are all expecting babies in September. And they are all discovering that impending motherhood is more than a little overwhelming. Looking for advice on an online…
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Tagged April2012, Babies, baby book, books, competitions, Competitions for grown ups, Reading
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Eager parents reading with the kids over 42 minutes a day
How long do you read with your child? New research indicates that parents are spending 42 minutes a day reading. As the Government unveils new plans to boost literacy standards, it’s a gold star for parents with a study into family reading habits revealing over half of UK parents are now reading with their child…
Posted in Child Development, News
Tagged Book, child, News, Parents, Reading, World Book Day
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Win a copy of Nelson ‘n’ Deck and Friends adventure
The Nelson ‘n’ Deck and Friends adventure stories are all about making London fun for Kids with large, full colour illustrations on every other page to bring the story to life. Presented in a fun and subtly educational way, this book is the first in a forthcoming series of Nelson ‘n’ Deck and Friends adventure…
TV a negative impact on parent-child communication
New research has highlighted that TV may be affecting and having negative impact on the parent-child communication compared to reading or playing with toys and this could have an impact on children’s development Now scientists in Ohio have compared mother-child communication while watching TV to reading books or playing with Toys to reveal the impact…
Posted in Baby Development, Behaviour, Child Development, Toddler
Tagged Child development, Childhood, Communication, Learning, Reading, Television
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Baby books for 6-12 months
Max lives in a house with a pig called Little Pink and an elephant called Big Blue. One morning, Little Pink is inspired to paint their house, and goes outside clutching a delicate paintbrush and a palette of different shades of pink to match the dawn sky. But by the time Little Pink asks Max and Big Blue to…
Toddler : reading books
As your baby grows into a toddler he will take more interest in the pictures and story when you read to him. Reading together, talking, singing songs and saying rhymes will all reinforce his interest in books and start to develop the desire to discover what the words on the page mean. As your child’s concentration grows, you…
Posted in Books for parents
Tagged dyslexia, Linguistics, Orthography, Reading, Toddler, Writing systems
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Books – what you like to read
Move over Richard & Judy, we’ve been having our own book fest this summer! Read all the top titles and authors as voted for by babyworld bookworms and you might find your next best read. Reading habits Reading books are a pleasurable way to spend your time – but how much time do parents of…
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Tagged Beatrix Potter, Bestseller, British Book Awards, Cecilia Aherne, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Christopher Green, Dan Brown, Danielle Steele, E-book, Enid Blyton, favourite thriller writer, Gina Ford, Harry Potter, Helen Fielding, James Patterson, Jane Austen, Jodi Piccoult, Jodie Piccoult, John Grisham, Julia Donaldson, Kathy Reich, Kaz Cooke, Margaret Attwood, Marian Keyes, Miriam Stoppard, Parenting, Patricia Cornwall, Queen, Reading, Seuss, Sophie Kinsella, Tracy Hogg, William Shakespeare
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Reading with your baby
You can help your child to a brighter future by simply reading to them. we look at why reading is so important and how different genres have different benefits. Start as you mean to go on how many of us can remember the joy of being read to as a child? the closeness of one-to-one attention, the thrills…
Posted in Baby, Baby Development, Child Development
Tagged Baby, baby routines, Child development, Reading
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How to raise an imaginative child
The greatest thinkers on earth praise the power of imagination. We look at how you can help keep your child’s creative juices flowing. Your child’s imagination: nature or nurture? We are all born with an imagination; how we use it is another matter. You only have to watch a group of toddlers for a few seconds to…
Posted in Child Development, Toddler development stages
Tagged Child development, Imagination, Parenting, Play, Reading, Toddler
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