28th March 2011
Yesterday on the Guardian website, my attention was grabbed by the headline - "I taught my pupils to enjoy books, and got fired.". It seems that teacher, Leonora Rustamova, in an effort to…
21st March 2011
I spend a lot of my day making up games for children, playing games with children and undertaking other fun and creative tasks in my work with Perform. The trouble is that sometimes, after a long day…
9th March 2011
Yay! It's March! That means it's Spring, right? Well nearly... Wish it was a bit warmer, but at least the daffodils help - I just love seeing their smiling, sunny faces. But before you launch yourself…
1st March 2011
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…
21st February 2011
I was an extremely lucky child - not in terms of material goods - but definitely in terms of love and attention. I remember clearly that mine was a house where there was always someone willing to sit and…
15th February 2011
It's half term next week - seriously, this year is just flying by!. As parents, it's often a bit daunting to figure out what to do with the children during half term - particularly in February…
7th February 2011
I'm a big believer in the importance of the Sure Start centres so I was really saddened to hear from one of our venues that the breakfast and after school clubs in Camden and Haringey will all be closing…
1st February 2011
Well my lovelies - we've made it through January - hurrah!. I always think January is a bit of a shock to the system. Seeing as how the shortest day of the year happens in December I'm prone…
25th January 2011
Earlier this month, I was reading a post on Penny's blog - Reinventing the Fairy Story - in which she said:. I struggle with fairy stories that lack girl power. I'm with Fiona in Shrek 4 who…
16th January 2011
Parenting is undoubtedly tough. Whatever we do, there are books telling us we're doing it wrong, family members telling us we're doing it wrong, complete strangers telling us we're doing it…
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