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Sam (age 7) holding his 'Swiss Family Robinson' game Imaginative recreation is an essential part of learning. By re-creation I mean ...

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In this digital age of SMS messaging, social networking, blogging and cell phones in your pocket with email, notebook and web browser acces...

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  A well -received present . T he 'Lord of the Rings' L ego Imaginative recreation is an essential part of learning, probably even l...

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What do I mean by Gifted & Talented? There was a time when giftedness in children was narrowly defined in terms of intellectual skills a...

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My focus in this post is on books that engage children by getting them making, exploring or manipulating things. The books I mention are gen...

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Creative water play I am asked constantly by parents of preschool children should they be doing various things. Parents ask, should I: ...

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I've written many times on this blog about the power of storytelling as a means to stimulate children's language, literacy, learning...

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