Playgroup

Mrs Dog and Baa Raa help grow imagination.

Janeen Brian and Marjorie Crosby Fairhall recently held one of the best story times we’ve been to.(Thanks to Paul Macdonald from The Children’s Bookshop. (Recent winner of the 2016 Lady Cutler award)

Mrs Dog is a story built over many  years and experiences.Both its award winning author- Janeen Brian ( I’m a Dirty Dinosaur fame) […]

Reading with book chewing toddlers on the run

We’ve just taken part in the “Read Aloud Hour” in Australia with our little toddler grandson ( just 1 year old).

How did we choose books for a newly walking, book chewing,toddler ?

At times we only get 2 pages in, but it all adds up.

We looked for some books with:

interactions with babies/toddlers – preferably in photographs
new […]

Involving families at your child care centre with 100 Stories

Let’s work together to share those stories.
Children’s learning is most powerful when families and early educators work together and share information.

If stories are easily seen, families can look for them at libraries or buy themselves.

Reading the same book at home extends the language and experience.Children grow their vocabulary by 15% every time they share […]

By |September 10th, 2015|Early educator, Playgroup, Preschool, Stories, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Teddy Bears Picnic booklist and resources

Who’s your  favourite bear?

Paddington Bear, Pooh Bear, Hugless Dougless, That very cranky bear,  The Bear that snores on,The scary bear from We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,any of the three bears,Gummy bears,Corduroy,Brown bear brown bear or those cheeky little Berenstein bears out at night???

We love them all.

If your child’s favourite bear is going to a Teddy Bears picnic, […]

By |July 8th, 2015|Book list, Out and about, Playgroup, Preschool, Resources, Rhymes, Songs, video|0 Comments

Dinosaur early literacy activities

In our last post we reviewed Dinosaur Rocket, Penny Dales’s latest book in her fast, fun and furious Dinosaur series.

Kids are fascinated by dinosaurs size,unusual names and appearance.

There are many ways of extending the story reading and providing exciting early literacy learning opportunities, both at home,in early education centres and out and about.
Rhymes.
There are […]