by Abbie November 2, 2017 3 English for parents English for parents – vomit My little pumpkin friend here is not very well. He is vomiting, throwing up, chundering, being sick, puking, spewing, barfing.Continue Reading
by Abbie October 31, 2017 Number of comments0 English for parents English for parents – number two What’s a number two? When you’re potty training it’s that thing you definitely don’t want to end up on theContinue Reading
by Abbie October 19, 2017 Number of comments0 English for parents English for parents – wee and pee There are about a million ways to talk about going to the toilet in English. There a different verbs toContinue Reading
by Abbie October 17, 2017 Number of comments0 English for parents English for parents – Dad and Papa The majority of English native speakers call their father Dad, or Daddy, and there’s not a lot of variation whereverContinue Reading
by Abbie October 14, 2017 Number of comments0 English for parents English for parents – mum, mom, mam It is true for almost every language in the whole world that the word for mother starts with a maContinue Reading
by Abbie October 10, 2017 Number of comments0 English for parents English for parents – wait please Actually English speakers hardly ever say ‘wait please’. We’re more likely to say ‘wait a minute’, ‘wait a moment’ orContinue Reading
by Abbie September 21, 2017 Number of comments0 English everyday English for parents English for parents – bogies and snot Yeah, I’m just going to dive right into this one. Today is about the stuff that comes out of yourContinue Reading
by Abbie September 7, 2017 Number of comments0 English for parents English for parents – fast asleep Miffy’s parents are so lucky. Miffy always falls asleep at the end of every adventure they have. But, on theContinue Reading
by Abbie August 31, 2017 Number of comments0 English for parents English for parents – open up and shut up Open up! Shut up! These are not opposites. No. Nope. Nuh-uh. But they have very subtle differences depending on whoContinue Reading
by Abbie August 24, 2017 Number of comments0 English for parents English for parents – brush your teeth The phrases that strikes fear into toddlers and parents alike: Brush your teeth. We say brush your teeth, open up*,Continue Reading