Have you heard of Mardles? We recently thoroughly enjoyed exploring them and getting creative with their app, making characters come to life and hiding rocks decorated with the special stickers that come alive when you use the app, for other people to find. Mardles are Kids’ Favourites with a 21st Century twist! Now Stickers, Colouring, Stories […]
READ MORETag Archives: reading with kids
Books in the post? Special deliveries from Bookabees!o
The summer holidays are LONG, the weather can be totally uncooperative, and sometimes, like many other parents, I find myself questioning my sanity and wondering how I will keep my kids busy and happy for the duration of their break. Fortunately both my children LOVE reading, so that’s an easy out for me, encouraging them […]
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The Jacky Ha Ha Mum & Daughter Book Club
I love a good book and recently delved into the world of Book Clubs, as an adult, finding it a good way to meet people, socially, to enjoy discussing books we are reading. They are fun and an easy way to make new friends or catch up with people. A book club for kids is […]
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Summer reading – How to update your parents…
We are always looking for fun kids books to read, both children are voracious readers and we encourage this habit. Emily has recently been reading How to Update Your Parents, by Pete Johnson. What can you do when you’re trapped in a technology time warp? When Louis’s parents decide he spends too much time ‘glued […]
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What we’re reading. Eclectic & interesting…
Our reading choices this week are slightly ecclectic and interesting. Emily is reading the first in the series of these books. She is LOVING it. They were recommended by a friend, and I got her a copy. She loves it so much she has been sneaking it into her school bag, to read. I even […]
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When you really don’t like the book you are reading
What do you do when you really don’t like the book you are reading? Stop reading or carry on to the end? So Emily is part of Battle of The Books at school, and she has a list of a books she has to read through to be able to participate. She’s an avid reader, […]
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Listening to stories…
Both my children LOVE being read to, and also reading themselves. We’ve always encouraged reading and enjoyed it. Recently, with us all being sick with, not as much reading happened. But, because technology is brilliant we had a brilliant substitute. We listen to books! Listening to stories is a great alternative to reading. Audio books. […]
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Old fashioned books?
Now that my eight and a half year old is really reading independently (disappearing into her room to read, sometimes for hours, I used to do the same) I am looking at books for her to enjoy that she can read alone. I must admit that I struggle a bit with finding stuff she […]
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Summer Reading Challenge?
We love reading, I am an avid reader, sadly, I often feel I don’t get enough time to read as many books as I would like anymore, but I do try to when I have time. We also encourage our children to read, by reading with them, to them, and now encouraging independent […]
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Reading is a very important skill, and as a family we try to encourage reading together, when the children are small, and then independant reading, as they grow older although both my children still love being read to and I love reading with them. I also love to read, myself and finding the time to […]
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