The Museum of Turnupstuffing: celebrating found art treasures

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We are very fond of Pippi Longstocking in our house and her inspiration is seen in lots of different ways – from her encouragement to climb trees, through the idea that fun and creativity is rarely tidy to our latest passion: turnupstuffing.

Do you know Pippi? She’s nine years old, lives by herself and doesn’t go to school. Her mother has died and her father is a Cannibal King. And she’s celebrated in a series of books by Astrid Lindgren. She is also an expert at turnupstuffing – and so are my kids!

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21 ideas for world book day

world book day activitiesAre you going to celebrate World Book Day with your children on 1st March? It’s a worldwide celebration of children’s books and reading and marked in over 100 countries around the globe.

Books are such a fun springboard in to all sorts of activities, crafts and play. Here are our favourite World Book Day ideas for you to try.

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Incy Wincy books with artist Becky Adams

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I have a wonderful project to share with you today which combines literacy and art ideas to create magical Incy Wincy books.

We’ve been at the GobbleDEEbook Children’s Literature Festival in Chester this week, having a fabulous time. One of the workshops we attended was run by Becky Adams, an artist who explores the links between narratives and textiles. She guided a room full of children and parents through the workshop, resulting in everyone producing their very own, unique Incy Wincy book.

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Carnival of Reading and Book Play

Welcome to the carnival of Reading and Book Play

L’s been taking literacy outside this week and reading stories to our sunflower (which had decided to grow along and up)

How do you share books and reading with your children? Swap an idea with us. All playful activities related to books, reading and story . . . → Read More: Carnival of Reading and Book Play

Use the force: using Star Wars to teach literacy

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How to use Star Wars to teach literacy?

I’m always on the look out for opportunities I can offer the children to get them interested in writing. Sitting rather reluctant writers down with a blank piece of paper and a pencil and saying ‘let’s write a story’ doesn’t work for us – but adding writing in to play or setting up a invitation which sparks their interest does.

Create your own opening crawl

This idea for creating a story on a roll popped into my head when I was thinking about a different way for us to use our easel. Adding a long roll of paper to the easel made me think of the opening credits to Star Wars, when the text crawls up the screen and I thought we could use it all summer long to create a story.

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The best children’s books ever

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These are the best children’s books ever – well according to the NurtureStore panel of book critics. Today is World Book Day and to honour the occasion I thought I’d share with you our very favourite books – and see if you agree with our picks. It’s so hard to put together a definitive . . . → Read More: The best children’s books ever

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