Noah CooperWhen they appointed the mercurial Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa as their manager at the start of the 2018-19 season, Championship side Leeds United stunned the football world. A coach who is hugely admired amongst his peers had rocked up in...
It’s been a while since I posted anything related to the language developments of my son, Mr. T. First we had the World Cup when all I wrote about was in some way football related. Then I took a month off to get back some of my motivation for...
Face palm? (Wikipedia) This is it. Today’s the day. It’s time for the jaguar to drink water. The kick off for the 2014 World Cup is upon us. By the end of the day we’ll know if Brazil have managed to win the first game and maybe...
(Wikipedia) A while ago I was talking to a good friend of mine who used to be an English teacher, but who has now moved on to other things. We were talking about how frustrating it can be teaching young children English and, despite only ever...
AHA! (Benabomb on Wikimedia CC-BY-SA 3.0) For a long time Mr. T has been saying ‘dah‘ for ‘yes’ or ‘sim‘, as I might have mentioned before. And then last week it changed. I had half expected him to start saying...
If Darth Vader had been a good dad. blurppy.com I am a bad daddy. My wife is a bad mamãe. My dad is a bad do doe (granddad) and my mum is a bad nana. How do I know this? Because my son has told us all exactly how bad we are. And the thing is I am...
Never touched him, ref! (Wikipedia) If Mr. T were ever to be a good footballer he would be able to choose on of 3 countries to play for. If he were very good, he could choose to play for Brazil because that is where he was born. If he were average...
The Ashes Urn (Wikipedia) I am rejoicing. It is quite a strange feeling for me, but British sport seems to have developed a backbone and started to win stuff. Following on from the successful Olympics last year the British and Irish (though mainly...
Everyday now, Mr. T is gaining in confidence with his language skills. I still don’t think he has realised that he is learning two different languages, but he is picking up more words and experimenting with more sounds all the time. One of...
Shaking hands (Zeevveez) While on holiday my folks taught Thomas, and reminded me, of two nursery rhymes that I had completely forgotten. He loves both of them because they are accompanied by physical movements. This means that not only do...