Category Archives: Book Ideas
The Bad-Tempered ladybird clock and mini book
A few weeks ago my son choose the Bad Tempered ladybird book by Eric Carle at the library and he has loved it. To be honest we all have loved the story. My daughter really enjoyed making her own Brown … Continue reading
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The Snow Queen – writing a flap book and melting ice
One of the kids new favourite story books is The Snow Queen. I was actually surprised by how popular the book has been as my kids are not normally fans of traditional fairy tales. So in keeping with their new … Continue reading
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Planting a Rainbow
One of my daughter’s favourite books when she was younger was “Planting a Rainbow” by Lois Ehlert. My son recently discovered it and has been taken by all the colours. The kids and I thought it would be fun to … Continue reading
Making a Brown Bear Brown Bear mini-book
Both my kids loved the Eric Carle book “Brown Bear Brown Bear what do you see ” when they where a bit younger. So when I saw these lovely stick puppets (Free to download from Twinkl) I knew they would … Continue reading
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One Christmas Night painting
One of our favourite Christmas books to read is One Christmas Night by Christina Butler. The kids love little hedgehog and her friends and I like the fact that the story is about giving and friendship. The graphics in the … Continue reading
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