Following on from our post about World Book Day ideas, here’s a suggestion for a World Book Day craft. And the perfect craft for World Book Day has to be a bookmark, right? We often make bookmarks when we’re giving someone a book as a birthday present, and they’re so easy to make you could even . . . → Read More: How to make a bookmark
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L keeps telling me she wants to be a grown up. She wants to be a mummy with a baby, she wants to do the washing up and she keeps asking me if she’ll be able to do things ‘when I’m big numbers’. (I’d quite happily put the brakes on her and . . . → Read More: Letter Dectective Hunt Have you heard of Booktrust, the UK charity which aims to encourage a lifelong love of reading? Those of you with school age children may have come across their Booktime campaign which runs in partnership with Pearson and the Department for Education. Booktime gives every English reception class child free books to promote a love of . . . → Read More: Booktrust Booktime website and prize draw We made these fairytale fridge magnets today and they’ve proved to be a big hit. Fairytales are such an important part of childhood, helping children explore emotions and think about experiences in the big wide world from the safe and secure environment of home. Getting the children to do the storytelling themselves is a great way . . . → Read More: Fairytale fridge magnets Welcome to this week’s #goplay Twitter Tips. Today, by special request from a reader who’s looking for ideas to use with her 8-year old son, we’re looking at : Ideas to encourage reading and writing #goplay Tip One: If you want kids to read make sure they have easy access to some fab, inspiring . . . → Read More: Encouraging reading and writing  |
   
                    
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