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What to do if your child is being bullied

12th November 2015

What to do if your child is being bullied

Next week is Anti-Bullying Week and, as part of our Perform For Schools programme, we are delivering lots of Anti-Bullying drama workshops to primary schools across London and the South East.  This…

Tags: bullying, anti-bullying week

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can-science-make-your-child-smarter

12th October 2015

Can science make your child smater?

. I blogged a few weeks ago about an article claiming how to make your child into a genius and today I found this article which I thought I'd share with you too. It's apparently about how to make…

Tags: parenting, fun, clever children, science, learning

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150 years of Alice in Wonderland

25th September 2015

150 years of Alice in Wonderland

This year sees the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carrol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. It's no surprise that this book has stood the test of time and is still as popular in 2015 as it…

Tags: Alice in Wonderland anniversary, Lewis Carroll, Mad Hatter, Alice Liddell, Charles Dodgson, Wonderland

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Are you a Tiger Parent?

15th September 2015

Are you a Tiger Parent?

Tiger Parenting is a term that has become fairly common place since Amy Chua’s bestseller, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, was first published in 2011. But Tiger Parenting is hardly a new phenomenon…

Tags: Amy Chua, Battle hymn of the tiger mother, tiger parent, ES magazine, child genius

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Autism and the phenomenon of Minecraft

8th July 2015

Autism and the phenomenon of Minecraft

My children, aged five and eight, are obsessed with Minecraft and I know many parents have the same experience. When I get home from work every day, I sometimes wonder if they are more excited to see me…

Tags: autism, minecraft, sen, Perform SEN, special educational needs, minecraft computer game, Markus Notch Persson

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The benefits of being bilingual

12th June 2015

The benefits of being bilingual

One hundred and fifty years ago, a number of Welsh pioneers left Wales to set up a new life in one of the most remote and inhospitable places on earth: Patagonia in Argentina. They did it to safeguard…

Tags: bilingual children, languages, studying language

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Pushy parents stress out children

21st May 2015

Pushy parents stress out children

"Pushy parents stress out children” according to Tony Little, the Head Teacher of Eton School in an article published on Monday by Abigail Simmons for bbc.co.uk, which you can read here.…

Tags: pushy parents, stressed children, Eton headteacher, Gypsy

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Team Elsa or Anna - who's the winner?

8th May 2015

Team Elsa or Anna - who's the winner?

 . We’ve just released details of this year's Summer Holiday courses and I'm excited to say that we’ll be putting on mini-musical versions of The Ice Queen for 4- 7 year…

Tags: sibling rivalry, Elsa, Anna, Disne, y Frozen, Disney, heroines

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Making speeches from a very young age

24th April 2015

Making speeches from a very young age

I’m passionate about children being confident when they speak in public and it’s something that we are very committed to at Perform. We have numerous exercises that we play with the children…

Tags: children, confidence, public speaking

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Is your child a fussy eater?

10th April 2015

Is your child a fussy eater?

I came across an article yesterday by Spanish paediatrician Carlos Gonzalez and its title, “What to do if your child won’t eat” grabbed me because I have two extremely picky little eaters…

Tags: fussy eaters, healthy food, Dr Carlos Gonzalez

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