31st May 2012
No parent wants to hear that their child is the victim of bullying. However, statistics show that one in every three children is bullied so unfortunately it is something that we need to be aware of. Bullying…
13th May 2012
Baby Signing - does it delay speech?
This post may be a little controversial (and I welcome your feedback) but I really don't agree with the concept of ?baby signing? which has become very fashionable these days. This is for one reason…
29th April 2012
When I first started Perform, one of my friends told me that ?staff would be my biggest problem?. She had her own business and said that finding the right people was her main challenge. In many ways, she…
15th April 2012
My child's not a Perform-type child
Two years ago, I offered my friend a free place at Perform for her son who had just turned 4 years old. She thanked me but declined saying ?He's not a performing sort of a boy but I'm sure his sister…
4th April 2012
It's the Easter holidays and I'm often asked if this is a nice quiet time for me at Perform. Well, it's definitely quiet in the sense that we only have our holiday workshops running and not…
22nd March 2012
Let's develop the child as a whole
One question that my teachers and I are frequently asked by Perform parents is ?Where should my child be at this stage?? And if I'm completely honest, as a mother myself, it's a question that I…
10th March 2012
Hello - helping children develop good communication skills
If you read my blogs regularly, you'll know that I like to talk about communication skills and how important it is that we make children confident communicators from an early age. As you might expect,…
29th February 2012
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,…
20th February 2012
Why French Children Don't Throw Food
There’s been a lot of discussion in the press recently about Pamela Druckman’s intriguingly named book, French Children Don’t Throw Food, which promises "parenting…
7th February 2012
Make some space for Drama, Mr Gove
Yes, I know I'm always harping on about confidence and its importance, but I just don't think that there is enough emphasis on this vital contributor to lifelong success in our children's Early…
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