Category Archives: Book Ideas

Children’s Dinosaur books

Over the weekend as my kids where sitting on the couch reading their dinosaur books I realised just how many we have collected.  So these are our all time favourite books about Dinosaurs. Our very first dinosaur book was purchased … Continue reading

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Owls

After a recent trip to the local library both kids chose Owl books.  Pink actually choose Owl Babies to be one of her readers and Blue choose The Owl who was afraid of the dark.  Both are lovely children’s books … Continue reading

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Room on the Broom and rhyming words

Over the weekend we happened to end up in a lovely toy store which had a big display of Room on the Broom books and toys.  My kids love the story and naturally loved looking at all the toys on … Continue reading

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No Dinosaurs just Tiddler instead

I had planned on doing a dinosaur dig with the kids this week but unfortunately it did not go as planned.  Before the kids had a chance to dig for dinosaur fossils our dig site got flooded.  Very frustrating especially … Continue reading

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Night Monkey Day monkey

If you read my blog on a regular basis you probably know by now that we love using our favourite story books as springboards for learning.  We have had Night Monkey Day Monkey by Julia Donaldson on our family bookshelf … Continue reading

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