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Every parents wants to give their child the confidence to love learning and benefit from his or her education. The following articles offer expert advice, suggestions from teaching professionals and tips from parents to engage children from the moment they're born.

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Children's Bookstores Edinburgh

Children's bookstores not only sell children's books, but also often offer fun activities for children. Read on to find local children's bookstores in Edinburgh and get access to children's audio books, author events, storytime, children's book signings, and art activities, as well as advice and content on children's books and children's authors.

Educational Toys Edinburgh

See below to find educational toy suppliers in Edinburgh that give access to building toys, construction toys, electronic toys, puzzles, musical instruments, robot kits, and science kits, as well as advice and content on child development.

Kindergartens Edinburgh

Local resource for children's bookstores in Edinburgh. Includes detailed information on local businesses that provide access to story telling programs, cultural events, cartoon books, gift books, children's toys, teaching supplies, craft materials, and puppets, as well as advice and content on the best children's books.

Bookstores Edinburgh

Local resource for bookstores in Edinburgh. Includes detailed information on local businesses that provide access to books, college and student textbooks, used books, children’s books, bestsellers, eReaders, bus also DVDs, CDs, posters and gift cards. Read on to learn more and check the available resources listed below to find bookstores in your area.

Helping Your Child to Read Edinburgh

There may be all sorts of reasons why your child is not a reader and all sorts of ways you might help to transform a reluctant reader into a bookworm. What can you do if your child simply doesn't like sitting down with a book? Expert Nicola Morgan explains how to coax the most reluctant reader into becoming a bookworm.

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Back to School Ideas Edinburgh

After the long summer holidays it’s time for many of us to send our children off to school or nursery, whether for the first time or for a ‘return visit’. As a mum myself, I know all about the ups, downs, tantrums and bumps and scrapes that inevitably follow, so here are a few pointers to help make every kid’s first term at school a happy and naturally healthy one.

Books to Cuddle Up with Edinburgh

Find a quiet five minutes this school holiday to snuggle up on the sofa with our selection of new wintry books for younger readers. One of them is Charlie and Lola: Snow is my favourite and my best--Another brilliant Charlie and Lola story about Lola's ‘favourite and best’ snowy weather, and her realization that having snow every day might not be as exciting and lovely as she imagines.

Bookstores Edinburgh

Brainy DVDs Edinburgh

The new study, which is published in the Journal of Paediatrics , found that for every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs and videos, babies aged between eight and sixteen months understood an average of six to eight fewer words than those who did not watch them. The videos and DVDs – which are much beloved of parents for their supposed stimulation of the brain – had no impact, good or bad, on toddlers aged between 17 and 24 months.

Children's Bookstores Edinburgh

Childrens Christmas Books Edinburgh

With Christmas approaching, what better excuse to dig out – or buy new versions – of these classic Christmas books? Here are some Supernanny favourites, with most of them suitable for the very youngest child (although older kids will love them too!) You'll love sharing these old favourites with your kids - they might even bring back some memories!

Controlled Crying Edinburgh

Before you start, spend some time learning to differentiate between your baby’s cries. Once you are confident you can recognise when your baby is crying for comfort and attention, not to tell you he's unwell, you can begin. If a baby is looking for comfort he will often cry and pause, like he's listening for you to come, and the crying may become more angry-sounding than distressed sobbing.

Educational Toys Edinburgh

Effects of Television on Children Edinburgh

It’s rare to find parents who don’t rely on the TV every now and then to keep their kids occupied while they get on with something. But in some families, the box is never off and it serves as a square metal child minder.

Exceptional Children and Families Edinburgh

Having a gifted child is rewarding, exasperating and very hard work. Elaine Hook - herself a teacher - tells us the story of bringing up her daughter. From this, you can know how to teach exceptional children.

First Day of School Jitters Edinburgh

Whatever your child’s age, that first day at school is a huge milestone and it’s easy for them to become anxious about new routines and social situations. Teaching them the skills they’ll need to cope will boost their confidence and soothe those first-day fears – so follow these tips to make sure they survive and thrive in their new school.

Help with Homework Edinburgh

The nightly homework war can lead to stress, despair, rows and exhaustion – for parents and kids. How can you make it easier?

Help your Child when Learning Numbers Edinburgh

The key numeracy skills for children under 5 are: recognising numbers 1-5, then to 10 and beyond, and putting these numbers in order; talking about one more or less than a given number; counting objects, one at a time; using the language of addition and subtraction using objects; and most importantly, putting these skills into a real problem-solving context.

Helping Your Child to Read Edinburgh

Homework Station Technique Edinburgh

Every parent dreads the nightly homework battle and when you work yourself or household chores sidetrack you from monitoring your child’s progress, homework can suffer.

How to Choose an Instrument for Your Child Edinburgh

The orchestral instruments that are featured below fall into three main categories – String, Woodwind and Brass. Each has its own attractions and disadvantages, and most (but not all) instruments are available in smaller sizes so that children can start early and then move up to the full size instrument when they are bigger.

Kindergartens Edinburgh

Literacy for Kids Edinburgh

Whether your child is a boy or a girl, it is important not to panic if he or she is shows little interest in reading. Some young children can start running the other way if you bring out worksheets.

Making Friends Edinburgh

Children learn from watching others so your behaviour can inadvertently influence how you child interacts with other children. For example, some children who have strict, controlling parents can find they get accused of being bossy. Or if you feel anxious in social situations, you may find your little one is also nervous.

Motor Skill Matters Edinburgh

Many of us will fondly remember the magnitude of our toddler’s mission to learn to jump. There they would stand, elbows bent, before bouncing up and down for the final momentous lift off! Whilst these kinds of skills are small steps for adults, they are giant leaps for toddler-kind. They fall under the umbrella term of ‘motor skills’ and involve a finite co-ordination of specific functions in the brain, bones, muscles and nervous system.

Music Related Activities for Kids Edinburgh

Trying to find the answer to what might calm a new baby can be overwhelming. There’s an endless amount of conflicting advice and opinion on how to rear happy children and aid their development, and picking your way through it can cause more sleepless nights than colic, teething and soggy nappies combined!

Potty Training Approaches Edinburgh

The Toilet Star story began when, faced with the up and coming need for our eldest son to become fully potty trained we tried, in vain, to find a fun solution on the internet or high street. We were so shocked by the lack of anything fitting the mark in terms of quality and value for money we decided to create something ourselves – and so, Toilet Star was born.

Stop Backchat and Disrespectful Behaviour Edinburgh

Many parents complain about disrespectful behaviour from their children. Backchat, sarcasm, bad manners, swearing and cheekiness can be frustrating and difficult to handle. Many parents complain about disrespectful behaviour from their children. But what can we do about it? When your child is rude, don’t laugh as this will give your child positive attention and encourage them to continue being rude.

Supporting a Studying Child Edinburgh

Feeling helpless as your child faces their final year at school? Here are some basic ways to support your child during this challenging time.

Teaching Children How to Share Edinburgh

As our children get older, what we want is for them to play nicely with other kids. But that usually includes sharing - their toys, food, even their mums! So how can we teach them to do that? Read on to get the suggestions.

Teaching Your Teen to Manage Money Edinburgh

When a teenager gets his first part-time job it’s just as exciting for Mum and Dad as it is for him. After all, it’s a big step on the road to independence – after years of looking to you to underpin his finances, your ‘baby’ is reaching out to make it on his own! But while the good intentions are there, the results can be quite different. If you’re not careful, your teen’s part-time job can be more of a drain on your purse than you anticipated.

The Best Electronic Educational Toys Edinburgh

Before we start, it's vital to point out that you start educating your children from the moment they are born. Each time you talk to them, sing to them, show them a book or take them for a walk, pointing out the trees or birds, you are helping to expand their knowledge. Toys, particularly ones that claim to be "educational" should not be used as substitutes for talking and reading (books and building blocks are brilliant for pre-schoolers).