Time has seemed to elapse in a really strange way since becoming a parent. Sure, those early days (or rather nights) often felt so long, but the years have gone so quickly. I can’t believe I have a 3 year old! It seems almost impossible that that little bundle has turned into a proper person who talks and has her own little personality in such a short period of time. Now, next week my baby is off to nursery and I have a whole mixture of emotions!
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Review: Match-a-Rhyme game
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been starting to play some simple games with Autumn. Whilst she’s still a few months shy of 3 years old, she is able to grasp the concepts of some 3+ games. When I attended BlogOn last month, Match-a-Rhyme caught my eye as a game she’d like to play.
Want A Smart Kid? Be A Role Model
Collaborative Post¦ As a responsible parent, you want to put your child at as much of an advantage as possible. The stronger their intellect, the more chance that they will have of success in the future – or so the thinking goes.
But how do you help your child develop their brains to the maximum extent? What can parents do to facilitate the process? Let’s take a look.
Autumn's 3 most favourite books, March 2017
Inspired by World Book Day tomorrow, (2nd March 2017), I thought I’d write about some of the books Autumn has in her collection or has borrowed from the library. Since Autumn was only a 6 week old baby, I’ve been buying and reading books to her often.
It’s never too early to start reading to babies, as it helps them to learn and it’s another activity you can do to help develop their senses. To begin with, black and white books are best as they can’t see especially clearly and they enjoy looking at the contrast. As they get to a couple of months old, they start to pay more attention to bright colours. As a 5 month old, Autumn now absolutely loves books, especially if they’re brightly coloured! She really looks at them and interacts with them by touching them and trying to hold them. Sometimes she even tries to turn the pages by herself!
Autumn seems to have three favourite books currently:
The great homework debate
Yesterday, I read on Mumsnet that Gary Lineker has called for homework to be banned. He said:
‘Homework should be banned. All it does is drive a massive wedge between parents and children, because you end up having to do it for them, and it’s stressful. They get stressed and they don’t want to do it’.