An Age of Magic

Learning to read…in two languages at once

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Our son is a native English speaker but right now, at the age of six, he is attending school in France and so is learning to read and write in French. This poses some problems for us as we wish to ensure his english language skills remain his first priority.

Juggling two languages at once is no piece of cake but our son seems to be handling things fine right now. What we do to keep his english skills up to date and developing is to read books to him in the english language; we also buy him personalized books which add that extra element of interest for him. Anything really to keep him going at it.

Neither of us are qualified english teachers but we are finding that over the past couple of years, teaching James to read and write in our native english language, has taught us alot about how we speak ourselves.

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What’s your most hated song ever…?

This question raises a lot of answers for me personally. I have not actually made a list of sorts but when certain songs come on the radio I reach for the volume switch - and turn it right down to inaudible.

I hate:

* The Rose - sung by Bette Midler

* Wherever I lay my hat that’s my home - sung by Paul Young

* Don’t cry for me Argentina - sung by anyone at all…

but my all time hate-song is…

‘Iiiiiiiiii…will always love….. yoooooooooo’ - sung by Whitney Houston (of course)

EEEKKKK!!!

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Where it all began in Britain

Forget about commercial real estate - the beach where the Roman’s first arrived in Britain to begin their invasion over 2000 years ago has been uncovered 2 miles inland from the coast of Kent.

Buried under 6ft of soil, the remains of the shingle harbour were discovered and lies close to the remains of the Roman fort of Richborough near Sandwich, one of the most important Roman sites in England and once the gateway to the British Isles.

It has long been thought they landed at Richborough, which grew quickly into a major port and soon appeared on maps of the empire.  However, the location of the beach was lost centuries ago as the coastline of Kent changed.
After a four-month dig on previously untouched land at Richborough, it was rediscovered on Tuesday.

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