I have been sharing some of our advent books Along with our book inspired play Over on Instagram And thought I would share some of them here too We have, literally, hundreds of Christmas books That I have collected over … Continue reading
I have been thinking a lot lately About grief About how it affects my life And the lives of those around me David and I grieve very differently David is very private He sleeps, exercises and builds amazing things I … Continue reading
Every week William and I visit the library We choose a wide range of books To take home for the family to explore Thick books Thin books Fiction Non Fiction Poetry Prose We love books in our house And we … Continue reading
Edie loves books At 18 months old She is beginning to memorise parts of her favourite stories One of the stories she knows well Is family favourite Goodnight Moon Another is The Gruffalo She also loves Dear Zoo And just … Continue reading
We have hundreds Perhaps thousands of books in our home A good range of fiction and non Recently I have started collecting children’s non fiction There are so many beautiful books around Perfect for my little ones Here are some … Continue reading
Our house is filled to bursting with books Books in buckets Books in sling cases Books in racks Baskets of books Books in special carry boxes More books in baskets Wicker and willow Books in boxes Boxes of books Traditional … Continue reading
Back in April we were part of a campaign to celebrate the 10th anniversary of one of our favourite books, Oliver Jeffers’ How To Catch A Star This is a very special Matilda Mae book for us and I read … Continue reading
Our final activity inspired by Oliver Jeffers’ How To Catch A Star turned into two incredibly messy but fabulously funny activities. I thought that they would be process arts without much of an end product But actually the finished stars … Continue reading
For our ninth activity filled with stars we added sea stars to our sand play. Children have always been intrigued by sand play. They dig in sand, sift it, build with it, pour it, enjoy the feel and smell of … Continue reading
Today was Mothers’ Day A day when children spoil their mummies Not all of my children are here One is growing nicely in my tummy The other gone too soon To her playground in the sky I wanted today to … Continue reading