parenting
A Word A Day – Sight Word Calendar
One of the hardest things as a teacher or a parent is to motivate your child to learn by rote. By this I mean things like sight words, times tables or number bonds. Children are usually interested initially, but then get bored. The thing with these little facts is that you have to keep … Read more
Shopping with children
I don’t go to shops very much these days, and by shops I don’t mean supermarkets – I go to them far too often. But a proper shop with clothes or books or music is a rarity. At Christmas, when I had to do some last minute shopping, I remembered why I usually shop online. … Read more
The Mother/Daughter Relationship
A little while ago I wrote about my daughter and how she coped with the birth of her twin sisters. While it was an honest post I’ve had a lingering feeling I’ve only told half the story. My daughter was brilliant with her sisters and, except for the odd moment when she gets cross that they … Read more
Twin Pregnancy
“So are there twins in the family?” the sonogropher asked. She didn’t need to tell me I was expecting twins because I had already worked it out. There were two large round circles on the screen, two sacks, I knew without being told. I had already had some suspicions. I was in hospital on a … Read more
The Highs and Lows of Having Twins
To me having children is a bit like those whack-a-mole toys. You sort one problem out, sleeping for example, and then another one pops up. Having twins amplifies this. One of them is happy, contentedly pottering about, probably pulling books off the shelves or drawing on your favourite diary, the other is clinging at your … Read more