Jj is for Jottings 54. Should I Correct My Child’s Speech?
This is Linguine, Kieran’s Murray Darling carpet python. The pic I really wanted was too blurry. Shikha caught a 23 cm long baby brown snake last week and brought it to the front door step to play with. Having just stepped out of the shower I snatched him inside and dressed hastily. When I returned it was nowhere in sight. I found it wriggling around in David’s boot, on the step below! Taking photos inside boots doesn’t work too well. Great composition – reared up with its mouth gaping open – but blurry. Linguine said he’d be happy to stand in (and he’s beautiful and harmless).
Many parents these days are concerned that they will somehow damage their child’s psyche if they correct their speech and language Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 53. To Fidget or Not to Fidget?
Fidget spinners are all the rage at school and in homes at the moment – flat, triangle-shaped pieces of hard plastic or metal with a ball-bearing in the centre that the user spins between two fingers. Are they just a distraction in the classroom? Continue reading