Learning to read is challenging enough, learning to read in two languages can be rather confusing especially when the two languages are completely different structurally. As I have already mentioned we live in Italy, but …

I love this hardwood alphabet butterfly puzzle. A colourful puzzle made of environmentally friendly hardwood, each piece has been individually handcrafted and painted with bright child-safe non toxic paint. Suitable for children as young as …

The British Council website www.britishcouncil.org/kids.htm is a great resource for games, songs and learning to read exercises to help your children learn through paly. The website is very well laid out with sections on games, stories, songs, listen read …

Green Eggs and Ham and Cat in the Hat are two of my son’s favourite books and mine too. Dr Seuss books have helped many generations learning to read since the 1950s. The rhyme, rhythm …