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WIN the Gift of Writing with Love Writing Co
Continue ReadingI recently told you how Albie’s handwriting was getting better with the help of Love Writing Co and their amazing handwriting kits which you can use at home (or school). Albie has continued to use his books and specially designed pencils and crayons to keep practising his writing skills and it’s paying off. Love Writing […]
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Help your child be ‘Reception Ready’ this summer
Continue ReadingSummer is a very good time to start considering how to prepare your child for their very first day at school. This can be an exciting if daunting period, but a child’s first experience of school is important and it is in everyone’s interest to ensure that the transition is as positive as possible. As […]
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How the Night Zookeeper can save your Summer holidays
Continue ReadingWay back at the beginning of 2016, Lillie and I began a love affair with a series of children’s storybooks called the Night Zookeeper. The Night Zookeeper is a boy called Tom who finds himself in a magical world his Grandma told him about filled with strange animals, a dark lord with an army of […]
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New look Letts KS2 SATs Success Revision Books
Continue ReadingLillie has just moved into Year 5 and already we can feel the clock ticking away on her Key Stage 2 journey. Some of her friends have already started additional tutoring sessions in preparation for taking their SATs and the 11+. Lillie has been sent a selection of the new design Letts KS2 SATs Success […]
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Fall in love with reading with Galaxy Quick Reads new titles
Continue ReadingAs a child I didn’t love reading, there was always something else I would rather be doing but somewhere in my teenage years I read Of Mice and Men and my love for reading began. I don’t have a particular genre that I prefer to read, in fact I try to read a completely different […]
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Back to School with Collins4Parents FREE guide, discount code AND fab giveaway!
Continue ReadingEducation, as far as I am concerned, is a gift. Without education we wouldn’t be able to unleash our full potential and to achieve great things for our future and that of our families. Long after I left school I continued to attend evening classes to learn other skills I hadn’t had the opportunity to […]
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Learning to read – #30waysin30days
Continue ReadingDo you feel confident in teaching your child to read? It’s quite a daunting prospect, afterall, it’s a long time since we learnt to read and they do it all so differently these days. I had never even heard of a phoneme until Little Bean started school. Research by LeapFrog has found that almost half […]
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Make it a learning Christmas with LeapFrog
Continue ReadingI should start this post by saying that I have chosen to write this post myself, I haven’t been asked to do it by LeapFrog so this is NOT a Sponsored Post. I am always slightly torn when buying Christmas presents for the Beans because I like toys to be fun but yet still provide […]
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LeapReader – Teacher Testimonials
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday evening Hubby and I attended a meeting at Little Bean’s school to find out exactly what Year 2 has in store for her. As her teacher spoke Hubby and I gave each other little sideward glances, we knew exactly what the other was thinking. This year really steps up a gear for the […]
