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cat in hat<\/a><\/p>\n

My daughter was only one year old when I took her to the swimming pool at the Galleon in Didsbury.<\/p>\n

She was wearing an assortment of rings & held tightly on to me. I felt nervous initially, but tried not to show it!<\/p>\n

We ended up spending 45v minutes in the pool, just moving slowly around. A swimming instructor approached me & told me what a wonderful job I was doing.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t so sure. After all I wasn’t teaching her to swim, we were just spending quality time together.<\/p>\n

We did this several times for a year, until eventually we enrolled for swimming lessons at the Manchester Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n

By the age of 7 she was a brilliant swimmer! I didn’t actually teach her at all!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It was very similar with reading. Straight from birth this time! I would read fairy stories to her. I would also read THE CAT IN THE HAT.<\/p>\n

For a long time she had no idea what I was reading or why we were reading.<\/p>\n

She sat with me, we cuddled & I read. Every day.<\/p>\n

I didn’t ever teach her to read.<\/p>\n

Strangely, by the age of 3 she could read simple stories.<\/p>\n

By the age of 11 she had passed every Entrance Exam that she had taken – LOTS OF THEM.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The secret of both these stories is that I spent the time with my daughter.<\/p>\n

I made her the priority. I didn’t push or force her swim or read. It was fun & it was time spent together.<\/p>\n

It paid dividends.<\/p>\n

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