Children’s Online Games & Expert Advice from the World Book Day site
We’re a bit late to the party here on our World Book Day celebrations, as having just put the kids to bed, and now waiting for our boy ‘Martini’ to deliver us a cold glass of white before the ‘Mayday’...
View ArticleThree Little Piggies : Show & Workshop & Q + A : Pickled Pepper Books : 16...
We are very fond of the Dandelion Clock Shop girls Emily & Rebekah, because they are together ‘one of a kind’. They both take time out of their ‘real’ lives to produce beautifully crafted shows for...
View ArticleThe Bus Stop : Ted-Ed Video : How did feathers evolve? – Carl Zimmer
TED – Ed : How did feathers evolve ? At the moment on the way home from school on the bus, the pixies chat about how we are all fishes, and that we all live in water (“…because air is water anyway you...
View ArticleBus Stop : Mini Book Club : Pre-school (nursery) : Ages 2 – 4
We had a light-bulb moment when we were fixing the front suspension of the bus last weekend. Why not get all the kids in the class to share their favourite books with each other ? It was as simple as...
View ArticleBooks We Love : Imagine Childhood : Sarah Olmsted
For children, potential is limitless, curiosity is an electrical current, and every moment is open to the possibility of the unexpected. Day-to-day life is filled with adventure. Road blocks are...
View ArticleSpread the Word : Young Writers : Go get your Booker Prize
Young Writers Courses & Awards At what age you stop being ‘young’ is more or less your own affair though the opportunities for ‘young writers’ tend to tail off after the age of 25. That said below...
View ArticleThe Loop Kids Newspaper : Subscribe, Workshops & Schools collaboration : Ages...
This is a great great great idea if you need one for a different type of birthday present for an 8-13 year old, then get them a subscription to THE LOOP. It’s the magazine that thinks it is a...
View ArticleThe Foundling Museum : Family Fun : Jacqueline Wilson & Dickens : June & July...
Flourish exhibition 21 May 2013 – 15 September 2013, 10:00 – 17:00 (Check website for further details) The show includes painting, sculpture and photography by talented artists up to the age of 25,...
View ArticleBooks we Love : Grace : A memoir by Grace Coddington
Reblogged from Mama's Secret London: "Even if you don't have perfect bone structure, you can still make it with your personality." Grace Coddington We have spotted this book on the coffee tables of...
View ArticleDo you Dodo ? Your Own Private Treehouse : Dodo Magazine Needs You
Well do you ? We do now we know the story about the magazine adventure of science and fantasy and the very clever people behind the wannabe reality magazine that is to be Dodo. Have a good read below,...
View ArticleNoodoll : Design A Monster Competition : Drawing printable
The team at Noodoll HQ are running a ‘Design A Monster’ competition. All you need to do is design as many monsters as you want on their Noodoll template, and send them in to the address at the bottom...
View ArticleSpread the Word : Young Poet Laureate & Young Writers Events
Somehow we almost nearly missed this one, but for those of you wanting to be in the know and feel inspired by our local ‘bright young things’, stay in touch with the Spread the Word site to follow...
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