Pam Leo explains why our home environment is so important to the health and wellbeing of our children. Given a choice, young children will usually choose to be in a natural environment. They want to be outdoors, in the fresh air and sunlight, barefoot and naked, surrounded by grass, trees, and flowers, hearing the birds and the wind, playing in water with sticks and rocks. […] more
Our annual Education Special is in the shops today and it's a cracker! If the beautiful cover isn't enough to make you want to pick it up then let me tell you about some of the great articles inside, to inspire and inform... […] more
R. Katz explores how we can raise our children to think for themselves without need for rules and regulations. She explains the way that this has worked for her home educated children and shares her insights. […] more
Anne Dhir shares her favourite picture books featuring children being carried by their parents. One evening, as we were reading Catch That Goat to Odaline, she became very excited as she had spotted a mum carrying a child on her back! […] more
At the beginning of October stories for children are celebrated during Children's Book Week. Find out how you can get involved with events, downloadable activities and much more here. […] more
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