3 tips for inspiring a love of reading
January 14th, 2022
With a dream of becoming a children’s author myself, I’m passionate about instilling a love of reading in young people,
Browsing the "Learning to read" Tag
Review: Orchard Toys Match and Spell Next Steps for supporting spelling
April 19th, 2017
When Big Girl came home from school one day she insisted on playing more school. She and her friend needed
Review: Sight Word Swat from Learning Resources for making sight words fun
March 22nd, 2017
Today I’ve been Googling when sight words were first introduced. I thought perhaps sight words were relatively new, but it
Back to school with sight word toys from Learning Resources
August 22nd, 2016
‘I can help you find it! I can help you find it!’ Big Girl was super excited to hear I’d
Learning to read with Mr Men and Egmont Reading Ladder
July 1st, 2016
The other day Big Girl read a Mr Men book on her own. It wasn’t one of the standard Mr Men
Review: Goodie Games ABC Cookies from Learning Resources for supporting literacy skills
April 21st, 2016
‘Can we play the cookie game?’ On Saturday I was sitting in the front seat of the car with a
Learning to read with Hot Dots Jolly Phonics cards
April 1st, 2016
When we were flying yesterday, Daddy T was playing Little Builders on my iPhone, Baby Boy was asleep on his
5 tips for getting children reading
March 3rd, 2016
When Big Girl started practising sounds and later reading of first words, I suddenly found myself in an unfamiliar territory.
Finding best books for learning to read with Usborne
February 3rd, 2016
Over Christmas Big Girl was pretending to read me a story, and as I’d heard ‘pretend reading’ was a sign
Review: Big Alphabet Jigsaw by Orchard Toys for supporting learning
December 9th, 2015
‘I want to learn to read now!’ Three-year-old Big Girl figured she’d finished learning to write the other day, and
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