International Mud Day
Today is International Mud Day. Is this your worst nightmare or a wonderful idea of fun? International Mud day began in 2009 at a World Forum when Gillian McAuliffe from Australia…
READ MOREToday is International Mud Day. Is this your worst nightmare or a wonderful idea of fun? International Mud day began in 2009 at a World Forum when Gillian McAuliffe from Australia…
READ MOREBut the leaves were so beautiful they had to be shown, they had to be shared. Have you ever wondered at the colours of the autumn leaves? HAve you ever…
READ MORESo, at what point did we fall in to the trap of believing that buying things makes memories? Alice Zsembery’s book: Real Kids, Real play is amazing and many parents…
READ MOREThis year’s CBCA book week theme is Find your treasure. In our library the students will be participating in a variety of competitions with great book prizes! Perhaps you would…
READ MOREWhat does your bed time routine look like? Is it calm? Full of stories? Games? Laughter? Or is it rushed, scheduled and stressful? Some parent’s tell me that their children…
READ MORENow you’ve got me thinking Sal…why don’t you use a bunch of Dung Beetles to clean Joe’s nappies? Ah, the friendly Dung Beetle – how I wish I could employ…
READ MOREHave you ever read a book and wished that you could escape to that magical land? Perhaps you wished that your cupboard opened up to a secret land where you…
READ MOREIt’s morning in the bush. Python stirs and slithers out from her shelter. She warms her head and smells the air with her forked tongue. Python is a beautiful snake,…
READ MOREThere is a lot of focus on Literacy skills – and so there should be BUT numeracy is equally important and the embedding of those basic skills in the early…
READ MORELinking literacy to books is a passion of mine (as you may have guessed) but so is learning to read. The early years of any child’s life and then formal…
READ MOREWhen we go camping by Sally Sutton and illustrated by Cat Chapman is a rhythmical story that the youngest of readers will love. Rhyme incorporated with onomatopoeia provides a book…
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