I’m already ridiculously excited about Christmas. The kids are at that lovely age where they’re old enough to get excited with me, and young enough to still believe in all the magic around it. And that’s why, after a fair bit of umming and aahing, I’ve decided to bite the bullet and take them to […]
Travel: Languages, and why you don’t have to be fluent to flourish
I’ve just written a guest post about how to help your child learn a second language. It’s for One Third Stories, whose subscription-based Story Boxes are designed for kids aged 4-9 and delivered by post for £12.49 per month. More importantly though, they’re brilliant. I blogged about their whirlwind kickstarter campaign a while back, and I’ve […]
Travel: How To Teach Your Toddler A Second Language (When You Don’t Speak One Yourself)
Let me start this post by explaining that – despite the fact we own several English-Italian bilingual books – neither my toddler, nor my preschooler, speaks a second language. Having said that, I’ve just backed a Kickstarter campaign to develop a new kind of language-learning book for children, and I think it could radically change […]