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Family Life

Storytelling and Reading Together as a Family

There aren't many parenting habits that pay back as reliably as reading aloud. The research on it is unusually consistent: kids who are read to regula...

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Puppet Theater as a Play Activity

The first time a 2-year-old hugs a sock puppet you're wearing on your hand, you'll see the suspension of disbelief in real time. The puppet is alive t...

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Puppet Shows: How to Make a Theater at Home

The trick to puppet theater is the barrier. Once the puppeteer is hidden, even the parent waving a sock above a tipped-over table becomes "the bear wh...

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Home Theatre Without Specialist Toys

The cardboard box outperforms the toy. Every parent who has watched a toddler abandon the £30 birthday present to play with the wrapping has seen this...

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Finger Puppets for Interactive Play

Babies don't need much to be entertained, but they do need a face. A face is the single most engaging visual stimulus on offer in the first few months...

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Parenting

How to Introduce Books and Stories to Build Empathy

When your child watches a character struggle, fear, hope, or feel disappointed—and you talk about what that character might be experiencing—something...

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