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Big Vocab, Better Stories
Lots of parents ask what they can do to help with their child’s English development, particularly their story writing. Consider this - If you want to build a fabulous house, you need fabulous material...
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Apostrophes, and comma’s (spot the deliberate errors)
More than a hundred years ago, the great writer George Bernard Shaw refused to use apostrophes, however there’s still no sign of them going away. In fact they seem to be used, or rather misused, more ...
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Children's books become a healing tool
Book-jacket designer Raquel Jaramillo never intended her first book to take a stand against school-yard bullying.... Wonder is the fictional story of August Pullman, a fifth grader born with a chromos...
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Spelling - Why is it so tricky?
Parents often say that they don’t understand why their child can perform so well on the school weekly test, but can’t retain the words for future use in written text.... The answer is simple:... Your ...
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