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Reading is an essential aspect of daily life. The renowned people that have modeled society and the life we lived today were all leaders that loved to read. As a parent or guardian, the best gift you can give to your child is to introduce them to reading. It is not uncommon to come across children that find reading boring. To be able to curb this and cultivate a reading culture, here are our top tips for you; Introduce bedtime stories at an early age Bedtime stories have gone a long way in developing the reading culture among the children . In some homes, the children will always remind the parents to read them a story before going to bed. As you select on bedtime stories, select books with content that help the child to be imaginative yet in a relaxed manner. Bedtime stories have them looking forward to a continuation of something beautiful every following day. Select books based on the interest of the child You can tell the interest of kids while at an early age. If children ca...

If you are entertaining the kids this halloween then that can only mean one thing; arts and crafts! That's right, Halloween is the perfect time to get out the glitter, glue, paper, pens and multicoloured card and get your crafts on! Not only will the kids be fully entertained, but you’ll have loads of fun too! Plus you can find some fancy dress halloween costumes online too! So get those little ones dressed up and check out our top craft ideas for you and the kids this halloween. 1). Hanging Bats This one is probably one of the more technical craft ideas. It involves using old loo roll tubes, Black pens or paint, black card, some string and those all important googly eyes in order to craft the scariest bat of them all. Here’s How to Do it: Step One: Decorate your toilet roll tube. Colour it black and cover it in glitter or other decorations. Step Two: Craft some wings out of the black paper and glue them on to your bat. Step Three: Add your googly eyes! Step Four:...