So….what’s a ‘little street library”?
It’s a small community library offering free books to your local community.
Most libraries encourage swapping a book for a book.
I don’t think it matters, as long as there’s always enough books in the street library to choose from.Our library will have a mixture of kids and adults books, with some from […]
Preschool Chinese New Year Resources 2016
Sydney has luminous displays of the animals of the zodiac for Chinese New Year.
Houses around us are decorated and our shops are full of red and gold decorations.We’re welcoming the year of the monkey , a “charming, inventive and successful, confident, enthusiastic, flexible and happy character.”
Kids love monkeys so […]
There are many wonderful Preschool Christmas books you can share before Christmas.
Find many here from our 2015 100 Stories Christmas Stories Booklist .(Click on the link halfway down the page.)
Here are resources for some of these well loved stories.
Christmas Wombat by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley. Harper Collins.
“Christmas comes but once a year, and […]
School readiness-
make your own stories
Many children visit their school before their first day.
It’s an ideal opportunity to take photographs or make drawings for a book, (or “social story”) that can be shared until your child starts school.
Children who help make the story have ownership,putting in whatever is most important to them.
Social stories can be:
Small […]
Starting Big School is a very special, and sometimes overwhelming, time in young children and their families lives.
I can still remember our first child starting school, wearing the same jumper his father had worn, knitted again by his Nana.
Sharing stories together enables children to ask questions about big school and explore their emotions about […]
Spring is a time of new growth- baby animals, spring leaves and flowers, rain and warmer sunnier days.
We can help kids experience the change of seasons happening all around them.
It’s a time to celebrate change and support kids “learning to look” in greater detail.
For quality new picture books set in Spring check our first […]
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, […]
Let’s all HOP UP! WRIGGLE OVER!
HOP UP! WRIGGLE OVER! by Elizabeth Honey, Allen and Unwin.
If you’re looking for a beautiful Australian book for a new arrival or young child, this is high on our list.
Enjoy nine different Australian baby animals cavorting through the day with their koala and kangaroo parents.( All named on the […]
Don’t kids love being up in the dark past their bedtime!
If you’re heading onto Sydney to see VIVID you won’t need a bedtime story later, as there’ll be lots of storytelling there.The Wiggles have even put together a trail you can follow if you download the free app for your phone.
The best places for […]
We’re reading an extra book for Simultaneous Storytime this year.
If you would like a book for children not quite ready for “the Brothers Quibble “ by Aaron Blabey, Penguin; why not try My Nana is a Ninja by Damon Young, illustrated by Peter Carnavas, Queensland University Press.
This story would also be useful for Grandparent […]
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