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Tips and expert advice
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Tips and expert adviceHow to survive lockdown with kids at home
In this guest blog we invited teacher and parent Laura Sutcliffe to share her tips and support for parents with kids at home during this lockdown.
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Tips and expert adviceWhy is having a hobby so important for kids?
Hobbies are an activity we do in our downtime, purely for pleasure. However, as well as being fun, a hobby can enrich your child’s life and help them grow and flourish in numerous ways.
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Tips and expert advice7 Reasons why a book is the perfect gift for a child
When you give a child a book for Christmas, you’re actually giving them so much more. Here are 7 reasons why a book is a wonderful gift for any child.
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Tips and expert adviceWhy 'A Christmas Carol' is the perfect introduction to Dickens
My aim in writing Complete Dickens was to make this as Dickensian a read as possible whilst whittling his gigantic set of works down to a manageable size. But the detail and huge cast of characters is precisely what makes Dickens so wonderfully – well – Dickensian!
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Tips and expert adviceZanna's Nature Notes: Nature's Mysteries
This week, I wanted to look at one of the strangest mysteries of all… LUMPS AND BUMPS!
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Tips and expert advice“Are we there yet?” How to survive a long car journey with precious cargo
Usborne's digital content guru Emma Baxter shares her top tips on surviving the dreaded family car journey...