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I came to know about Storytime magazine through a friend. The day I received the magazine, I was thrilled, as my search for something amazing finished that day. What a fab magazine it is!

It’s a true treat for avid young story lovers. 

Firstly, I will start with the material of paper. The paper used for this magazine is simply Luxurious and super quality which will bear kids mishandling. It has lots of lovely colourful pictures to attract children.  The magazine is not at all gender-specific. The colour schemes are neutral so it is wonderful for both girl and boy.

Each magazine is packed with wonderful fairy tales, myths, poems, and much more. The stories are a mix of classical stories along with stories from other countries and some new ones as well.

The text on each page is not overstuffed, so it gets easier for little ones to understand and read. Now reading is no more a chore for my little lady. It takes hardly 10 minutes to read one story. Each story is not too long to make it boring and not too short, Just the right size.

The main thing that I really love is that magazine enhances children literacy skills. The traditional tales fit with the new 2014 curriculum. Very rich and thought-provoking words are used throughout stories, so my daughter is learning lots of new words.

Last two pages of the magazine are dedicated to games, art and crafts activities, and quizzes which are just superb.

These are some riddles and stories related questions as well which enhances children comprehension skills.

Th last page of the magazine features Favourite Books of the Month, As well as chance to enter the competition and win wonderful copies of the books.

The Storytime website offers a section of free resources related to each magazine which parents can print and use at home. There are plenty of resources available such as colouring sheets, maze games and other fun arts and crafts sheets. To download go on http://www.storytimemagazine.com/free-downloads/

Each magazine costs £3.99 but if you get a regular direct debit subscription than it’s just

3 issues for just £9.99 – or The BEST DEAL – save 29% with 12 issues for just £33.99 (3, 6, 12 and 24-month plans available). For more information on subscription go to Storytime Magazine subscription page.

Disclaimer: This is not a paid review and Storytime did not know I would be writing about them. I am buying their copies since last 2 years and am writing about them because I genuinely think it is wonderful.

I hope you will really enjoy your next issue of Storytime magazine. Do let me know about your reviews on the magazine. Thanks

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Writing is definitely an important skill of life which is hard to learn and master. Here are a few simple techniques, if followed properly children will learn to write more quickly and in a fun way.

1. Provide lots of writing material to your children like paper, pencils, colours and crayons.
2. Let them scribble as much as they want. This helps them get used to of writing and express their thoughts. It will also help build children hand muscles and improve their pencil control.
3. Make a separate place for writing in your home where children can write away from distraction.
4. Ask them lots of questions once a child finishes drawing like what they have made? What is the boy doing? Can you tell me a story about this? etc.
5. Just practice, practice and practice. Writing needs lots and lots of practice. If a child is finding it hard let them trace over the letters. By repeating this activity, your child will begin to understand how to form letters.
6. Encourage your child to write their name. While they write point out each letter so that they recognise it properly. Be very patient as it does take time, but stay consistent and keep trying. This is very important as this is the first skill child needs to know when they start reception.
7. Praise your child as much as you can. Find good things in your child writing. Always remember that simple words of encouragement can do wonders.
8. Reading plays a huge role in writing skills, as they both complement each other. The more your child reads, the more ideas he will have to write down. I highly recommend they get good educational magazines as kids enjoy them more than normal books.
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9. Pointing words as you read them in stories or writing words said in a conversation will help them understand the link between spoken words and written text.
10. As your child gets older encourage them to write letters and cards to other family members. This will help them to build their confidence and vocabulary.

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I really liked the concept of junior puzzle magazine. After reading about it online, I thought to give it a try. And honestly, my daughter and I loved it!!!!! It’s full of great brain teasers and fun puzzles that my daughter really enjoyed trying to figure out

The Junior puzzle magazine is packed with challenging puzzles, games and slapstick fun to suit a broad age range. Familiar puzzles include crossword, Kriss Kross, riddles, word search, Brick Trick, Hidden Words, Spot The Difference, Sudoku, and more. It will definitely give a good shake to your child’s brain.

Children will learn lots of new words in fun way so basically it will enhance their literacy skills. The magazine is targeted more towards age 6 onwards. My daughter thoroughly enjoyed doing her puzzles and according to her she can’t wait for her next magazine to come over.

The Junior puzzle magazine retails at £2.99 per issue, which I think is a very reasonable price for 100 puzzles. If you decide to take a year subscription then it’s even better value being £17.87 for 6 issues.  To make the magazine more interesting to kids, the kids get a chance to enter in two exciting prize competitions.

For more information and to subscribe: http://www.puzzler.com/magazines/children/q-junior-puzzles

Please feel free to drop your messages and suggestions below. Thanks

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