Today I have a guest post from Joanne Mallon, who’s book, Toddlers: An instruction manual has recently been published by Nell James Publishers (also available on Kindle). Joanne is a freelance parenting journalist, a life and career coach and a parent of two. The book offers parenting tips from parents …
Today, we’re very lucky to be part of another Walker Books Picture Book Picnic blog tour. This time, it’s the turn of Chris Haughton, who is promoting his brand new book Oh No, George! George is a dog who wants to be good. He wants to please his owner and …
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 …
My Phonics Kit is a pack from Oxford University Press for parents to help their children with phonics and which ties into the new Year 1 Phonics Test (see last week’s Sunday Reading post for my concerns about the test). My Phonics Kit contains three workbooks (Kipper’s Phonics Workbook, Chip’s Phonics …
The Year 1 phonics screening check will see children reading 40 words to their teacher to test their grasp on phonics.
I read a few articles and blog posts about Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother when it was causing so much controversy in the US. And I admit to feeling outrage at many of the incidents and attitudes described. But, like many of the authors of these pieces, …
We love Oliver Jeffers here. My dad bought RoRo How to Catch a Star when we were on a day trip to Weston-super-Mare a few years ago. Reading it always brings tears to my eyes. Because it’s such a lovely story, but also because it has the added effect of …
I’ve started buying The Guardian on a Saturday again and for the most part actually finding the time to read it (though usually it does take me a few days – hence my only buying one paper a week). Interestingly, before Eleanor was born, when I was reading it regularly, …
I’ve been mulling, recently, over the idea of getting a Kindle. I have a birthday coming up, after all, and have been known to use those (and Christmas) as an excuse to buy a new piece of kit. Smart phones, netbooks – I think one year I even timed getting …
