Playing and learning go together like boiled eggs and soldiers.
From picture books to computer games, there are more ways then ever to encourage your child to read, explore the world and bond with you as they learn.
Playing and learning go together like boiled eggs and soldiers.
From picture books to computer games, there are more ways then ever to encourage your child to read, explore the world and bond with you as they learn.
There are few things better than playing with your kids. This is true. There are few things worse, however, than playing with your kids and a really bad toy. Then they have all the fun while you resist the urge to poke out your own eyeballs just to relieve the boredom. Fear not. Dad Info has rounded up ten toys and games guaranteed to provide fun for the kids and, whisper it quietly, for dad as well...
Remember Eagle-Eyed Action Man? And the Space Hopper? Ah, for the toys of yesteryear, before kids clamoured for the latest flashy computer game or all-singing, all-dancing robot. To show you just how much toys have changed over the last 50 years, here's a guide to the bestsellers of each decade.
The great works of literature are liberally sprinkled with fascinating fathers - heroes and villains, role models and rubbish dads. We've picked our top ten literary dads, from Shakespeare characters to Will Self's comic creation...