I love coming across new books, especially children’s books. When Borders the book shop existed, I used to take the children in there and we would spend ages reading books, always coming away with a couple of new ones. We could easily spend a couple of hours in there. With World Book Day upon us […]
5 ways to get more books ‘into’ your children
We all have busy lives. When you look at your to-do list and then think about all the things we should be doing everyday with children it can sometimes seem like an impossible task to fit everything in. How do you make sure you make enough time for reading in all of this? There are […]
How reading helps children learn
If you are a regular reader of the blog you will know that I write a lot about the importance of reading to and with your children. I recently shared the books that all the children are currently reading and talked again about the benefits of reading. At school this week the importance of reading […]
What’s on your children’s bookshelves?
Our children love books and of course, like so many children, enjoy reading their favourite stories over and over again. They are very lucky that their grandfather is such a whizz at woodwork as they have a hand made bookcase each to fill with their favourite stories. What books do your children have on their […]
Share With Me #53
Welcome to the Share With Me Linky. I want to thank all of you who link every week, it is very much appreciated. Lots of you follow the rules, linking, adding the badge or a link, commenting on the HOST post and commenting on each others. There are also quite a few people who don’t […]
How to help your children with their homework
I have always felt that learning begins at home. It isn’t a case of waiting until children start nursery or school for them to start learning. As parents we are responsible for their learning from day one. My parents were superb at reading to me as a small child and I entered primary school being able […]
Thoughts on the Teletubbies magazine
One of the advantages of online shopping is that you avoid the chorus of children asking “can we have a magazine?” as you walk in AND out of the shop. As I rarely subject myself to this these days it does mean that I am probably more amenable to buying the odd magazine. One of […]
Share With Me #37
Welcome to the Share With Me Blog Hop, which I took over at the start of June. I want to thank all of you you link every week, it is very much appreciated. Lots of you follow the rules, linking, adding the badge or a link, commenting on the HOST post and commenting on each […]