Helpful Articles
Helpful articles on parenting and child development.
These helpful articles are written by experts in early childhood and pre-school learning to offer you support as your child grows and develops. Find out more about your child’s growing independence, how they find out about and understand the world around them, and along the way enjoy being creative and physical, discovering words and numbers. Each article offers links to related CBeebies programmes and online activities, giving you ways to extend the experience and learning opportunity for your child.
Music helps babies and children learn
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Develop your child's learning potential by playing and listening to music together.
Learning to talk
By DR CLARE KELLY, GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON on Permalink
How children acquire language and how talking and listening to children helps them learn to talk.
Help your child try new things
By BY DR FRANCES WARREN AND DR SHERRIA HOSKINS, UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH on Permalink
What is growth mindset theory and how can it help your child's learning and social skills?
Healthy eating for children
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Help fussy eaters develop healthy eating habits and explore new foods.
Dealing with health problems and operations
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Help your pre-school child cope with health problems, operations and medical conditions.
Cooking and baking with children
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Cook with your child to develop maths and coordination skills and encourage adventurous eating.
Art for young children
By DR HANNAH MORTIMER - EDUCATIONAL AND CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST on Permalink
How to encourage your child to create their first artwork pieces.
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