As your baby becomes accustomed to life outside the womb, you’ll find that she starts to take an interest in the world around her. At first, that’s not much more than the difference between light and dark or your face coming into view (from no more than a foot away). But even though her vision […]
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Long before your child utters her first words she has developed both a rich vocabulary and a sophisticated understanding of syntax. It’s all in there, waiting to come out. But there are other factors in play, such as the co-ordination required to form the sounds that make up our speech. Only the simplest sounds can
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Press your finger into playdough and make a hole. Turn a key. Hold a pencil. Cut a circle out of paper with some scissors. These are fine motor movements, movements of the hands and fingers. These skills are essential for everyday tasks, like doing up buttons and zips, and also help children get ready for
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And so we’ve reached the end of the 100 Toys journey. As Maurice Sendak might have said if he’d run a website for the under 5s: Through birth, in and out of the toy box, over five years and into the light of our very own imaginations. It’s been fun. But now we must part.
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