30 Ways In 30 Days Guide

World book day is upon us. We all know how important books are, reading is such a big part of my children's lives however it might surprise you to know from research conducted on 1000 parents by LeapFrog that almost half of the parents in the UK lack both confidence and the knowledge to help their children continue the reading and literacy that they learn at school at home.

And it's because of this research and with LeapFrog reaching their 20th anniversary (big milestone!!) that they have created and launched a brilliant supportive booklet, the 30 ways in 30 days guide which is aimed to help parents learn ways in which to teach reading methods to their children and help instill a lifelong love of reading books!!

This guide offers both solutions and tools to tackle any reading problems and aims to get reading back into the family routine, even for the busiest of families. Including tips from educational expert and of The Good School Guide , Janette Wallis.

Tony Hicks, Chief International Officer at LeapFrog, comments: "LeapFrog was founded twenty years ago by a father who wanted to find a better way of teaching his son to read. Inspiring a love of reading and helping children achieve their full potential has been our passion ever since. We hope our new guide will be a great go-to resource for parents looking for different ways to help their children on their educational journey".

Little Late for World Book Day

Ok I know I'm late to the party, I do realise that World Book Day happened last week but for some reason my daughter's school decided to celebrate this week.

What I love is that they have dedicated a whole week to it, they've done something every day to celebrate books and just how important they are in our lives.

The children have had the opportunity to visit our local library and pick a book to borrow and take home, now this is something I do regularly with my children however some kids have never got the chance. I personally love the library, it means we can change what they are reading on a regular basis without it costing a penny!!!

Lots of activities have been arranged including making their own books, writing book reviews and creating their own bookmarks. Here's the bookmarks that Freya created with her own fair hands :

World Book Day

If you didn't know, World Book Day is tomorrow. However my 5 years old class have other plans for tomorrow so decided to celebrate a day early.

All the parents went up to help their children make their own bookmarks. They had to decorate them with pictures of their favourite books.

Here is what my lovely daughter made :

Incase you can't quite work out what her favourite book is, I shall tell you, she has a lovely book in her bedroom filled with stories about ballerinas, so she drew a ballerina on a stage performing.

What are your little ones doing for World Book day??

xxxx