Fairytales – which are your favourite ones from childhood? Do you read them to your own children? Will you read them to your grandchildren? Millions of parents are changing the endings of classic fairytales – because they are politically incorrect, a study has found. More than one in four admit to altering parts of a […]
Welcome to the Share With Me Blog Hop where I have enjoyed linking up for a long time now myself. After almost three years, the lovely Jenny from Let’s Talk Mommy has decided she needs to pass the reins due to work and family commitments. I’m the lucky girl who now has those reins and […]
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl. His books always had a place on my book shelf as a child and they certainly have pride of place on my children’s bookcases as well as the story CDs being a regular part of bedtime too. To celebrate this incredible author, Tatton Park are hosting […]
The Gruffalo’s Child, very like The Gruffalo, are books we have read over and over again as a family. The Gruffalo’s Child currently gets read most nights before bed and I’d be surprised if these aren’t some of the stories the children remember the most from their childhood in later life. The clever rhyming, the […]
“A little magic can take you a long way” (CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR). No childhood is complete in my view without a large dose of Roald Dahl. Do you agree? His stories were a huge part of my childhood and they continue to feature strongly in the lives of my children. My all […]
Bathtime and bedtime can sometimes feel like a marathon with lots of children, especially if you are feeling particularly tired. For me, it’s always been about having a good system that includes time for play as well as cuddles and stories. I tend to run a fairly tight ship but that’s because I feel it […]
You might have read a while back about all the new fairy that came to live with us. To re- cap she is called Lily after a very special little friend of ours and she lives behind a special fairy door in the kitchen. Did you know that you can invite a fairy to live […]
We love children’s stories and I’ve written many times about the importance of reading and the benefits of reading to children, as well as them exploring books on their own. What is really lovely is when you can take the learning from these stories outside and give it even more context. The best stories we have found for […]