Tag Archives: julia donaldson

Kids “learning” books that we love

Posted on March 25, 2014 by ofamily

I love books and I have two little book worms. We love reading together and my kids love taking their books to “read” to their toys. I am lucky my kids love reading non-fiction/ learning books as much as story … Continue reading →

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Room on the Broom Fun

Posted on January 23, 2014 by ofamily

My kids love Julia Donaldson books and I have to admit as far as childrens books go they are not annoying like some can be.  After the Gruffalo madness seemed to calm down a bit both kids went witch mad.  … Continue reading →

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Animal Classification

Posted on January 21, 2014 by ofamily

Pink has a natural love of animals and is always asking me questions about animals- often the type of question that I can not answer so I was glad when she started asking me about the different groups of animals. … Continue reading →

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The Gruffalo madness continued

Posted on January 13, 2014 by ofamily

This weekend we took the kids to Kew Gardens.  Within minutes of arriving we noticed Blue peering under leaves and then he shouted “I see it quick the Gruffalo it’s getting away”.  And so for the entire trip to Kew … Continue reading →

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Gruffalo madness

Posted on January 8, 2014 by ofamily

When my daughter was around 2 years old she discovered The Gruffalo.  So when I saw that the BBC was showing the movie over Christmas I taped it and her love for the Gruffalo was rediscovered.  However this time both … Continue reading →

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