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Enter our quiz and you could win £20 to spend at Little Acorns. Email your answers to littleacornsshop@gmail.com by 6pm on Tuesday 28th December. The winner will be announced on our Instagram and facebook pages. Christmas 1. When Santa got stuck up the chimney, his beard was black, his nose was tickling, what did he have in his sack? 2. What fruit do you need to make a Christingle? 3. Complete the lyric - On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me.... 4. How many times does Santa say 'Ho'? 5. What do the other reindeer...

The Little Acorns New Year Family Quiz Email us with your answers - littleacornsshop@gmail.com by 6pm on Sunday 3rd January 2021.  The family that gets the most correct will win £10 to spend at Little Acorns. In the event of a tie a winner will be chosen at random.  Films What is the name of the bear in The Jungle Book? What type of toy animal was ‘Wheezy’ in Toy Story 2? Which movie characters speak Banana language? General knowledge Where would you find the sea of tranquillity? What is a baby rabbit called? How many months of the year...

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By Saskia @universitymum Schemas are an important part of child development and as parents you have probably come across the term but, if you are not a practitioner or have not studied child development then you might not understand what they are or what schematic behaviour is. This short introduction to schemas aims to be helpful to parents in identifying schemas in their child’s behaviours or play and may also give a little understanding of why our babies and small children do some of the things they do. Firstly, it is very difficult to conjoin a definition for the term...