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Newbie Tuesday round-up: Busy busy busy

Welcome to another installment of Helen actually finds time to read blog posts/Newbie Tuesday! You know what I’ve noticed in blog world this month? Bloggers getting publishing deals! Or speaking engagements. With Mark from Best Dad I Can Be on an all-expenses paid trip to Rotterdam, and Alice from More Than Toast getting an out of the blue [...]

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The 11 stages of World Book Day costumes

1. Read letter from school about World Book Day and decide that, since it’s a month away, there’s plenty of time to sort a costume. 2. Mark the date in your diary and vow you will pick something up well in advance. 3. Be reminded of World Book Day 2 days before by child who [...]

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Newbie Tuesday Round-up: What’s new?

I struggled for a theme this month. What is it that all parent bloggers are talking about right now? What is rocking our world? Unfettered, I went on a leisurely cruise of the newest blogs around and I found some real gems… As the parent of school-aged children I found myself nodding along fervently at [...]

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Education Round-up: Makaton Christmas Signs and more

  Hello and welcome to the December Education Roundup. It’s packed full of thought-provoking posts about schools hiring proof readers, books written Scots dialect and how to stop comparing your child to their peers. And talking of thought provoking, for many of us mums with preschool and primary school children, our thoughts are currently turned [...]

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Makaton Christmas Signs, WOW Week & Spelling Posts

  Hello and welcome to the December Education Roundup, which is packed full of thought provoking posts about schools hiring proof readers, books written Scots dialect and how to stop yourself comparing your child to their peers. And talking of thought provoking, for many of us mums with preschool and primary school children, our thoughts [...]

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Literary Round-Up: From grief to love

  Well hello there! I’m thrilled to be writing the first BritMums literary round-up and have thoroughly enjoyed reading all the literary posts I could find from our lovely BritMums members. I started writing as an outlet when I was 14 years old, when quite accidentally my lovesick diary entry turned into a teenage angst [...]

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Newbie Tuesday Round-up: Inspiring…

My theme this month is inspiring. From new bloggers inspiring others to cope, to do better, to those who can uplift our spirits with a beautiful photo, as well as new blogs to inspire us to create better blogs… She’s not a new blogger, but Nickie, from Typecast, has new blog Geekalicious which brings together [...]

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Education Roundup: Pondering New Beginnings

  This month’s BritMums Education Roundup is more of a thinking post rather than a doing post, as it seems many of us blogging parents are in pensive mode when it comes to our children’s education this September. A month that signals new beginnings for thousands of parents and children around the country, as 4 [...]

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Newbie Tuesday Round-up: New beginnings

  I’m going to be predictable and start by telling you that I’ve just dropped my children off at school for their first day of the new school year. Although they are not new starters, they still have new beginnings – a new teacher, a new playground, a new school in GG’s case,  and so [...]

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Education Round-up: From A-Z & a other posts in between

It may be the school summer holidays, but some of us still have education firmly in mind and here’s some wonderful posts to prove it, starting with A for Alphabet… Boy Mama Teacher Mama has written a terrific post on how to help your child learn the alphabet. There are so many delightful suggestions that [...]

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