I was reading The Tickety Tale Teller to LaLa last night and it always gives me a warm glowing feeling, because at its centre are reading and books and being read to and how wonderful these all are. Then I wondered what other children’s books there are about reading and …
I’m reading The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe to RoRo at the moment. Contrary to our normal rules (for most books that have been made into films, we insist on reading the book first – yes, we’re meanies, but it’s so much better that way, isn’t it?), she has …
Welcome to Day 2 of Book Week: Summer. Today is all about the children and how books can help keep them happy (or quiet, or entertained, or learning…) over those long summer holiday weeks which will be starting in a few weeks (or may have already started). I know I …
You may be aware that Rosemary has been showing reluctance in learning to read. Or it might be better described as ‘lack of motivation’, or just plain ‘lack of concentration’. She has her phonics down pat and loved learning the sounds and actions. She knows plenty of the double-letter sounds …
I never watched Richard and Judy – frankly I can’t stand that kind of daytime TV, like I can’t stand reality TV shows (sorry, I’m sure plenty of you do and that’s fine, but I can’t watch any of it without cringing). But… I loved their book club and enjoyed …
Congratulations to Zoe who has won a copy of Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger and a bar of Galaxy chocolate, thanks to Galaxy. You’ll be getting an email from me soon and the book and bar of chocolate will be sent out later this week. And congratulations to Sarah …
This afternoon, I spent 5 minutes or so making a new word flip book for Rosemary, using a Post-it pad. She’s been doing very well with the flip book I made a few weeks ago and that we’ve been adding to, which started off just with the first letters they …
This is what Eleanor tends to do when she wakes up in the middle of the night (wakes up properly I mean – not when she wakes up, has some milk then goes straight back to sleep): Now (showing off cute pictures of my almost-one-year-old daughter aside), I am obviously …
