Parenting

Review: Lunchtime by Rebecca Cobb

The girls and I review Lunchtime by Rebecca Cobb, a beautiful picture book with a lovely story. (Includes video reading as well as review.)

Let’s spend MORE money on parenting classes and parenting support and parenting guidance!

Let’s invest in SureStart centres, who already provide parenting classes and support for parents.

Review: Read Write Phonics app (Android)

Review of the Read Write Phonics app – created specifically for children learning to read using phonics (as is used in most UK schools).

Parents ‘more involved in children’s schools’: Are you involved with your children’s school?

A survey conducted by the NAHT suggest that 93% of parents feel welcomed in their children’s school. Surely that can’t right?

RoRo and LaLa tell us what they think of their parents

RoRo and LaLa talk about what they think their parents are like: what we do, what we like, what makes us happy…

Things to do on a rainy day: rainy day activities for kids

After a brief dry lull of about one day, the rain seems to be back with a vengeance. Here’s a picture post with our things to do on a rainy day. What do you like to do when it rains?

The start of a magical journey into the world of books

I am so happy that RoRo has made the important jump into enthusiastic independent reading.

The dangers of stranger danger

Do you tell your children not to talk to strangers? Do you worry the stranger danger message could make them unfriendly and isolated?

Who do you want to be?

I spend the vast majority of my time feeling like I don’t do well enough. At anything. Probably the only aspect of my life where I don’t feel this too often is work. But in all other areas of life I feel I deliver far less than 100%.