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Would you like to write a blog for us? If you have a post idea that focuses on children’s books, literacy, education or parenting, send it in and we’ll see if it’s a good fit. Check out the format here.
12 Great Kid’s Environmental Books
A round-up of 12 of the best environmental books for kids - and one for parents too! Teach your children to love nature and respect all life.
7 Comprehension Skills
In a world overflowing with information it’s more important than ever to use comprehension skills to extract meaning from a text and be able to apply that elsewhere. Simply put, your child needs to understand what he is reading. It may sound simple, but chances...
Your Child Needs This Skill: Metacognition
Simply put, metacognition is the ability to think about thinking. Metacognition implies an understanding of your own thought process. When reading, we instinctively infer meaning, guess what the characters will do, make links between earlier texts or quiz...
Little Moments of Joy (or What the Frog Taught Me)
It's the little moments of joy in life that add up to give meaning and shape to our lives. Don't get caught in the trap of busyness to miss them. Play the game We play a 'what was your favourite part of the day' game when we're all sitting at the table for family...
Teach Creativity
If you watch this inspiring video cartoon clip and feel a bit sad that this could be your child, or you - then take action! It's no surprise that school and our regular, regimented life can kill any creative instincts we're born with. If we expect all children to...
How To Grow A Reader
Want to grow a reader? Ignore their excuses and make reading a daily habit with these 6 tried-and-tested top tips!
4 of the best blog writing tips
With over 600 million blogs in the world today, blogging is bigger than ever. Mastering the art of blogging is useful for any business, and there are tons of articles filled with advice. But don't get bogged down with all the blogging rules. Just find your niche and keep these 4 top blog writing tips in mind.
Bespoke Book Tree Orders
A friend asked me a favour - could I draw up a list of book suggestions for her four boys - ranging in age from 10 - 17. Her boys are not big readers, don't like fantasy and are put off by 'big fat books'. I love a challenge and having kids who don't always want to...
6 Tips to Raise Open-Minded Children
With the state of politics in the world turning a scary extreme right it's more important than ever to read, educate and open our children's minds to the diversity of the world.
Masterclass with Shane W. Evans
Illustrator and author Shane W Evans is a multimedia star with inspirational creative energy. We got to meet Shane, a warm and down to earth person, who challenges authors to ask: 'What can your book achieve? Think beyond the thrill of sharing your story but also to the influence you can have on so many levels in a child's life.'
Holiday Project: Photo Albums
Children love reading about themselves. They want to know all the cute things they said and did and what they liked eating, what games they liked playing and where they lived. They also love looking through photo albums at baby pictures, family holidays, school...
A burst of colour
I'm thinking today about how the environment we surround ourselves in reflects our reality. A beautiful painting, a fresh bunch of flowers, a bright splash of rug or pillow are like pops of colour that uplift our mood. Just like the books we read. Choose to read...
To find the time to write…
I'm writing this at month end. Which is a mad time to try to find the time to write because bills are due, filing is all over the floor, staff must be paid, emails sent and replied to and children's activities for the coming month planned and diarised. But I'm...
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