When that last bell rings on the last day of school, teenagers rejoice, there’s plenty to do. From skateboards and bikes to those hours-long video games binges to just doing nothing with their best buds, there’s nothing like the open-endedness of summer. But, hang on a second. While kids may feel they deserve an extended
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How You Can Get On The Right Career Path After Having Children
Do you feel as if you’ve never quite found the right career? Many people believe that they’re on a career path that isn’t exactly right for them. However, they usually stick with it a lot longer than they should simply because they don’t know how to get onto the right one. This post will tell
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What Degree Should You Study To Upgrade Your Skills
In this competitive world, it is important to pursue further education especially for those who aim to go far in their chosen fields of career. While a lot of people are content with a nine-to-five kind of job, a lot are inspired to look beyond the horizon. Taking up refresher courses, another field of study,
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Thinking Of Going Back To Uni? Read This Guide First
Going to university can be daunting at any time. Spending extended periods of time away from home and everything you know takes a bit of time to get used to, and the workload can be intense. But if you’re a parent, all of this is magnified. Maybe you already went to uni as a young
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Kids
Educating Preschoolers: Why Puzzles Are So Important
Come this time next month I will have a school aged child; I can hardly believe it! So over the summer holidays, we have been doing various things to get ready. Getting feet measured, buying school shoes. Getting uniform and practicing doing up buttons on his shirt (bless he’ll have a shirt and tie to
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How Online Learning Can Benefit Carers
If you are a carer for an elderly loved one, it’s not unusual to feel like you barely have any time for yourself. If you’re a carer who’s thinking of going back to school to earn a degree or further your education, you’re probably wondering whether or not it will be possible to fit your
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Getting Crafty with T-Shirt Kits
I’m always on the look out for crafty things to do with Max. He enjoys doing that type of thing but I’m a bit rubbish and never have much art and craft kit in the house (Mr Maker would be terribly disappointed). So these ready put together kits are right up my street! Max loved that
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Win a Sooty ABC – Learn the Alphabet DVD
Sooty has a new DVD out and it is perfect for your little pre-schoolers to help them learn the alphabet. The DVD features all the fun, mayhem and slapstick capers fans have come to know and love from Sooty and his pals, while engaging children and helping them develop early literacy skills. Sooty remains one
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What to Look for in a Nursery School
Max is now in his second term at nursery school and he is loving it! He was so ready for it all and the staff there are brilliant. Here are my tips for what to look out for, if your little one will be starting soon. 1. Check that the nursery you choose is registered