Category Archives: Book Ideas
Stick Man activities
We love reading Stick Man by Julia Donaldson. It is definitely one of my kids top 10 favourite books. We read it all year round but I do have to admit I love reading it in the build up to … Continue reading
Percy the Park Keeper
Blue finally discovered the Percy the Park Keeper books (written by Nick Butterworth). We have some of the books around the house as Pink loves any story that involves kind animals but until recently Blue was not that interested. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged children's book, guess the animal, home ed, homeschooling, ks1 english, Percy the Park Keeper, Twinkl
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The Scarecrow’s wedding and scarecrow cookies
We bought a new addition to our mini Julia Donaldson library last week – The Scarecrow’s Wedding (affiliate link). We all love it. Pink thinks that Harry and Betty (the 2 main characters) are lovely and gentle so I could … Continue reading
Goldilocks and the three bears
Pink has never been a big fan of traditional stories but the last month I have tried to gently re-introduce some of the stories. We have had some big hits and some clear losers. We managed to pick up a … Continue reading
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Tagged children's book, cone people, Goldilocks and the 3 bears, homeschooling, traditional tales, Twinkl
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The Owl’s lesson and Owl Babies
Pink is still reading the Owl Babies story over and over. So when a recent trip to our local Oxfam store resulted in us finding a copy of this sweet Percy the Park Keeper story called The Owls Lesson and … Continue reading
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Tagged children's book, Hibernation, home ed, homeschooling, Migration, Owl Babies, sight words, The Owl's Lesson
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