Once a year, the PTC at my kids’ school organises a Book Swap and it is absolutely my favourite thing ever to volunteer to help with. There must be many ways of doing something similar. This one has the huge benefit of being absolutely cashless, and having (virtually) no book go to waste. (I love … Continue reading BookSwap!
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A long-term fascination with Ancient Egypt and what to read next: Chris Naunton’s Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt – and many others
My son has had a fascination with ancient civilizations and with Ancient Egypt in particular for many years now. As well as reading the myths, he’s spent time learning hieroglyphs, can name and discuss many pharaohs, and enjoys few things more than sketching statutes and mummies in museums. (I have also iced hieroglyphs onto at … Continue reading A long-term fascination with Ancient Egypt and what to read next: Chris Naunton’s Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt – and many others
Books to the Rescue
Fortunately, the days are gone when we needed Teeth Are Not For Biting (by Elizabeth Verdick, illus. by Marieka Heinlen, Free Spirit, 2003) and No More Biting for Billy Goat! (by Bernette Ford and Sam Williams, Boxer Books, 2013) – the two books that got us through a rough patch that I’m sure the parents … Continue reading Books to the Rescue
Book Review: Holes by Louis Sachar. A book that hooked my non-bookworm middle grader
My son, now 12 and a middle grader, agrees that he likes to read but is not a bookworm. He likes to read, he likes to be read to, and he likes to read together, but it’s rare for reading to be his first activity of choice (he’d usually prefer to draw). Note my surprise … Continue reading Book Review: Holes by Louis Sachar. A book that hooked my non-bookworm middle grader
Teaching my children to read (and my on-going love for Usborne books
Happy New Year to all! At the time of year when so many of us try to 're-set', have a fresh start, try again, I've decided to share some information that quite a few friends have asked me about over the years - what material did I use when I taught my kids to read? … Continue reading Teaching my children to read (and my on-going love for Usborne books
Happy Book-ish Holidays!
I had intended to send out another planned post - organised, thought out. Instead, today I choose to send my very warmest, most book-ish good wishes for the holidays wishing a peaceful New Year to you and yours, with a small dose of book-thoughts and news. I love the community we have around us; people … Continue reading Happy Book-ish Holidays!
We wrote a kids’ book together!
I suppose many of us had a ‘lockdown project’. I know we were very fortunate in being able to work from home, relatively safe, and at least together as an immediate family, even as we were separated from our wider family. Those days, before the vaccines, before we really knew how Covid spread, are strange … Continue reading We wrote a kids’ book together!
Anyone for a Book Date?
The ‘book date’ or 'reading date' has become a feature of our family life and really just gives a name to the simplest of things – sitting and reading together. This is not reading aloud, although book daters sometimes like to ask a question, or share a passage, or check a word. It’s the act … Continue reading Anyone for a Book Date?
Reading to my (slightly older) children: Children’s Classics
About a year ago, I decided the younger child was just old enough, and the older child still young enough, that I would read some classic children’s books to them both. It’s settled into a reasonably relaxing pre-bedtime ritual. Once the younger is ready in pyjamas, the three of us gather in her room. The … Continue reading Reading to my (slightly older) children: Children’s Classics
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