Tag Archives: learning to read
23
Sep
Celebrating National Reading Month with Tidy Books
National Reading Month takes place each March, as it was designated for the birth month of the great children's author Theodor Geisel, ...
21
Sep
How Make Your Reading a Habit
Reading is an incredible way to spend your time. Not only is it deeply fulfilling, it also can have to a reader's mental, physical, and...
13
Jul
Do your kids read to dogs, cats or other pets? Why your pet is a secret reading helper
You may have noticed some cute pictures of kids reading to dogs in a local library or even at school. Well, it’s not just cute, it’s a...
15
Jun
Volunteering – celebrating the small acts of kindness
Over the past year, so many of us have stepped up to volunteer to help others in the midst of the pandemic, and even in normal times, i...
04
Jul
Dogs, robots… and children’s reading
I’m all about finding ways to encourage children’s reading so I was intrigued to hear about an American research project that created a...
09
Jan
I’ll have the burger – with a book on the side
I was interested to see that in December the restaurant chain Frankie & Benny’s ran a ‘No Phone Campaign’ to
02
Oct
The A-Z of alphabet learning
Do you remember learning the alphabet? I do. At school we got to know the letters by singing them to
02
Feb
International Book Giving Day
I’ve just read an incredibly sad statistic. Almost one in eight children in the UK has never received a book
02
Nov
Why my designs have the Montessori method in mind
When my two children were growing up, I was quite a hands-off parent. My attitude was to let them do