Isn’t it odd how children develop a sort of fear from nothing? Like a fear of the dark when you have never had any kind of scary experience. Evolutionary terms suggest that we are built to fear the dark, after…
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I often look at Reuben and feel like I’m failing him. Toby is still young enough that any commitments for him are a bit flighty, and it isn’t really essential that certain things are done, but with Roo, it is.…
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When I first had Reuben it was a bit of a novelty to park in the parent and child parking spaces, it’s not something I’d done before, but boy did it make a difference to getting him in and out…
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I’ve mentioned on many occasion on the blog that I am a bit of a worrier, and I’m not kidding when I say that. I think that’s one of the reasons Adam and I work well, he’s so laid back…
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Last week while I was waiting at the school gates before I picked Reuben up from school, I was talking to a friend of mine whose child is also learning phonics and reading in reception. We were chatting about the…
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