Enter the amazing world of virtual story books with Magic Town

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In our house we absolutely love stories. Whether it is reading traditional favourites such as The Ugly Duckling or soon to be classics such as The Gruffalo reading at bedtime is a nightly ritual in our house with Roo. So when I heard about a virtual world that brings story books to life right in front of children and is interactive and educational I was excited to try it.  E-learning is becoming a great way to engage children with even some schools investing in iPads for older pupils.   I was interested to see what lay ahead with this review [...] Read more »

Making the right choices for your child

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Sometimes as parents it seems pretty obvious in making the right choices for your child, other times it isn’t so easy.  Take recently the whole dilemma we’ve had with Roo’s nursery, the decision to go or not to go to school in September and continue in a paid pre-school – that was one that took a lot of thinking about and still the end result didn’t sit comfortably with me. So much so that I’ve been beating myself up terribly emotionally about it for the last two weeks.  Roo is so looking forward to going to school in September and [...] Read more »

Which qualities should the perfect primary school teacher have?

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Let’s face it, the perfect primary school teacher is hard to find. None of us are flawless, and teachers are no exception. If you did stumble across the ideal, however, it is likely that he or she would possess most if not all of the following qualities: Enthusiasm and energy Running around after kids all day is exhausting. Every parent knows it, and that is only when dealing with one or two children in your own home. Multiply that by ten, and then try to maintain your enthusiasm for teaching! The perfect primary school teacher has to be passionate about [...] Read more »