Blog - Posts Tagged ‘parents and children reading’

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18Feb'16

Two World Book Day costumes that are easy to make

World Book Day comes around each year and costumes will need to be rustled up. These two costumes are easy and quick to make, and won’t break the bank either.

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09Dec'15

The Importance of reading

Research shows that reading with your child is the single most important thing you can do to help your child’s education.

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05Oct'15

Blue Peter Book Awards

The enormously popular and influential Blue Peter Book Awards have been recognising and celebrating the best authors, the most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children since 2000.

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04Aug'15

Storyline Online – Have a book read for you

Nothing gives a more cosy warm feeling than having a book read to you at bedtime…
especially if the person reading it happens to be Kevin Costner! Let us tell you more about Storyline Online.

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30Apr'15

Readathon – Improving lives through sponsored reading

A Readathon is an easy to run sponsored reading challenge. Children read for pleasure and are excited by the extra challenge to raise money for seriously ill children. Children talk about books, share and swap favourites, and are genuinely motivated to read.

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21Aug'14

The Power of Reading Project

The Power of Reading is a school development project, which engages teachers and children in the literacy curriculum through using high quality books and proven teaching approaches.

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11Jul'14

All you need to know about Book Bands

Here’s a handy guide to which book bands are appropriate for children of different ages, and also how they correspond to the Oxford Reading Tree scheme used in many Primary schools…