Will you be putting together a summer reading list?
It is certainly amongst my to-do items, and I shall also be casting my attention to my son’s summer reading soon.
Reading throughout the impending school holidays can …

Although I believe, as parents, we must take on the responsibility of garnishing our children’s love of reading there are plenty of organisations and initiatives that can aid us.
Here is a list of a few …

Everywhere you look there is news from the World Cup.  It is unavoidable whether you love or loathe football.
I am somewhere in the middle of those two groups.  I enjoy watching football, and usually a …

Raising a reader is the wish and hope of millions of parents, but what is the best way to incentivise your children to read?

This is something I’ve thought about a lot, probably too much, as …

Virtually every night we are at home, I stand with my son at his Tidy Books bookcase, and we set about choosing what books we are going to read.
Sometimes this is a very quick process, …

In my last blog post, about how children like to imitate adults, and how therefore I have made a conscious effort to read by example, I wrote about why I think I was reading very …

As a parent looking to instil a strong love of books in my child, I am always open eared to the ideas and practices of others.
It is reassuring when you do read ideas, and pick …

Have you ever started a conversation with your child with the words; ‘When I was a kid’?
I would love to know if it is limited as a British colloquialism, but it does very much seem …

As a parent, a parent of a child in his first year of school, my role for encouraging his reading has come under closer self-scrutiny.
I have always wondered how I can affect my son’s potential …

A recent tabloid headline got our attention.
‘Half of all parents too busy to read a bedtime story to children’ Read the article headline, published earlier this month in the Daily Mail.
The story was based on …