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A little while ago now I participated in a “Sweet Swap” because, well…I love sugar. Given my lack of self control with all things sugary I should not really have signed up at all, but I did. And I ate the sweets and I didn’t share them. In fairness…it was…
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The Frida Kahlo Series: Part One I’ve been meaning to write about Pud’s Frida flowers for so long now as so many of you comment on her flowers on Instagram. So here is Part One. Part Two here is about Pud’s favourite Frida Kahlo picture books and Part Three here…
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Part One is here and Part Two are here. PudStar made me promise that the next school holidays we would re-decorate her room as she was clearly far too old for her Miffy decorated room these days. She already knew what she wanted – birds, blue and a painting of Frida…
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Top Ten Favourite Books at Six Years Old Now We Are Six When I was one, I had just begun. When I was two, I was nearly new. When I was three, I was hardly me. When I was four, I was not much more. When I was five, I…
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Book Party: Pearlie in the Park This afternoon we celebrated PudStar’s sixth birthday with a ‘Pearlie in the Park’ fairy party and it was just lovely. Lots of funky little fairies running around and a good opportunity to catch up with parents from school – something I don’t do enough…
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Spaces to Create, Play and Wonder (an update on the Cubbyhouse that became an ‘Art Studio’) If you’ve been reading along with me for a while now you’ll know about PudStar’s self-named ‘Art Studio’…you can read about it here. After visiting illustrator Stephen Axelsen one Christmas holidays, she cleared out…
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DIY Bookshelf for Favourite Books PudStar has many books in her room. Actually our entire house is filled with many books. One can never have too many books however one MUST have a system of organising ones books. Without a system for books – book chaos reigns. As I librarian I…
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With Christmas just around the corner, there is much Christmas craft happening both at home and at school! This week it’s been Christmas story stones all round and the ones below are by our talented Year Four students and their teacher. My original story stone post here is one of…
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Today I’m sharing what will be (at Christmas!) the latest addition to ChickPea’s bedroom; a reading tent with Willow fabric flags. PudStar and I had been pondering what to do with the space that was left when we removed ChickPeas no longer needed change-table. Sadly we may have been a…
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Audio Stories Children’s books in audio form – online stories or CDs (yes some people still use them) and on steaming services, are a great way for children to experience books and stories in a different format. Reading is a multi-sensory experience – vision, touch, hearing and even smell (but…
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