I’ve written previously about helping reluctant readers and last month a local school asked if I could help out with their own set of unwilling literacy students.
They told me they had a particular problem with …

You may say at 34 years-old I really should know my phonics, but you know what?  I’m not sure that I do.
I have always supported my son’s schoolwork without really making a big fuss about …

We love comics.
You will always find a few in our Tidy Box.
As a parent to a young boy – one pretty reluctant to reading – I think comics are a fabulous way of engaging children …

I love reading children’s books.
Partly as my child is normally on the receiving end, but also because they often have very warming tones and include tales that put a smile on your face.
Like one of …

It seems children, especially boys, reach an age where things that adults generally find vile, they suddenly think that they are incredibly amusing.
Take flatulence as an example.  The mention of trumping in this house now …

I enjoy reading.  I enjoy reading all sorts of books, but have never really understood the immense fuss surrounding the Harry Potter series.
The first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was released in 1997 …

Ever since my child was a baby he has been read to.  I know this, as I was the one often doing the reading.
I have a distinct memory of being at my parents and discovering …

Most parents know that reading is central to education as well as being important in all walks of life. There’s no shortage of general advice on helping children to read, but what if they are …

As a parent of an energetic six-year-old boy, who has many equally enthusiastic friends, we have moments where it is good to try and instil some calm.
When a lightsaber fight is heading to being out …

My son’s first reaction to this book, as he opened it and the image of a baby growing inside a womb leaped out at him, was: ‘yuck, that’s disgusting’.
Which of course is actually a very …