Tag Archives: reading
Reading at the table (and other book-related dilemmas)
I’m genuinely interested in people’s views on how they present books and reading in their own homes, because I find myself conflicted about the best approach to take with C and H. Obviously when children are very young (I’m talking about the can’t-hold-their-own-head-up stage through to the wow-I-can-kind-of-sort-of-roll stage) they are not often holding the […]
Loft treasure no.2 – In honour of Clara Vulliamy and Shirley Hughes
Just a quick post, but it’s in honour of today’s event at the Soho Theatre, where the super-talented author/illustrator and all-round good egg, Clara Vulliamy and her mum, the children’s book legend Shirley Hughes, gave a talk (along with Clara’s brother, Ed Vulliamy, a journalist and writer) as part of the Soho Literary Festival about how […]
Loft treasure no.1 – ‘All in a Day’
So, here is the first of my posts about the many, many, MANY books I found in Dad’s loft a few weeks ago. Although it’s not the one with the *most* sentimental attachment for me, it seemed like a good place to start as it links well with another ‘grown up’ book I’m reading, ‘Show Me […]
Trawling the loft for memories
Last weekend, I took C and H down to my dad’s house so that we were out of the way while M and his dad decorated our lounge and dining room (which looks lovely, by the way – they worked VERY hard!). Anyway, prior to this visit I had stumbled across a conversation that @aitcheldee […]
Treasure hunts and other high jinx
So, this past Tuesday, three of C and H’s friends came round and we had a fun-filled morning of activities based around ‘Winnie the Witch’. I had hoped to take some photos of everything that we did, but unfortunately keeping three three year-olds and two one year-olds amused and engaged with each task meant that I […]
My mum, the Olympics and my motivation to start Story Seekers
Wow, the title of this post sounds a little like the game that Granny used to play (which I’ve mentioned before on here) where the eager listeners throw out three random ideas and the storyteller weaves them into an imaginative narrative. Bear with me, though, as hopefully it’ll make sense eventually! I, like pretty much […]
Independent children’s bookshops
I follow quite a few independent children’s bookshops on Twitter, though haven’t had a chance to visit one myself for a LONG time. With this in mind (and with C and H to entertain for the whole weekend whilst M worked on the final assignment for his masters), I set about trying to discover a […]
Taking Story Seekers into children’s centres
Just a quick post, but this article from Nursery World reinforced my feelings about how I’d love to take Story Seekers sessions into children’s centres. I think that there are some parents who would potentially find the cost and/or atmosphere at a pre-paid baby and toddler class off-putting. However, it might be that these same parents […]
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