Children’s books, education, toys & other child- & parenting-related links I shared on Twitter in the last two weeks.
Activities
- Cardboard Box London Bus via @1978rebecca
- How To Make A Pirate Spyglass and pirate linky via @TheBoyandMe
- Flower Sensory Play via @lifeatthezoo1
- Hilarious Chocolate Spiders recipe via @tamingthegoblin
- Science experiments with plastic bottles via @sunnydayto
- Handprint Alphabet S for Snail via @RedTedArt
Books & Illustrations
- Not children’s books, but interesting thoughts on eBook bundling experiment via @mostlybooksmark
- A ‘squiggle‘ by @DavidMelling1
- Lucky Wish Mouse Starting School competition [EXPIRED] via @ClaraVulliamy
- Hugless Douglass colouring sheets to download
- I’m looking for a book about… (starting) school carnival via @playbythebook
- David Fickling Books asks ‘who are your favourite new [illustrators]?’ via @DFB_storyhouse
- Tamara Small and the Monsters Ball by Giles Paley-Philips and Gabriele Antonini reviewed by @Readitdaddy
- Free story prompt mini books by Clara Vulliamy via @playbythebook
- Working for The Dandy via @jamiesmart
- Otters in a runaway bath-tub by @ClaraVulliamy
- Rainy Robot by @hellociaran
- ‘Children’s Picture Books’ the art of visual storytelling’ review via @Raisinrb
- C. S. Lewis’s advice to children on the only three things ever worth doing and 5 tips on writing via @brainpickings
- Children’s magazines reviews via @delightchildbks
Education
- Plans to overhaul primary maths are ‘seriously flawed’
- @gnarlybole: Last thought for a while. Dear Mr Gove, good luck. via @applescrapples
- A Mathematician’s Lament by Paul Lockhart PDF via @MichaelRosenYes
- How-to do multiplication table poems via MichaelRosenYes
- Times Rhymes via @MichaelRosenYes
- ‘How does drawing develop?’ via @jeannezoo
- Children’s ABC Wallet Cards via @MontessoriPrintShop
Parenting
- Don’t have a go at us #SAHM and Is there such a thing as a perfect age gap? via @hertsmummy1
- @Marie_Donn recommends SANDS if you have suffered, or know anyone who has suffered baby loss
- @TheCrumbyMummy asks: Anyone fancy writing a Terrible Twosday guest post?
- Happy Left-Handed Day via @loribourne
- Jason Manford on trolls (and baby loss) via @AutismMumma
- Do Children Need Toys? via @mcclaryrachel
Fun
- Olympic poem by @Elephantthai
- I heart berets! via @ClaraVulliamy
- Pluto’s reaction to having 5 moons via @Louiestowell
- Free Tangram for all who register and join in the Orchard Toys #PlayFest on Tues 28 Aug (UK Only) via @izziwizzi
- Plum riding a bicyclevia @EmmaChichesterC
Events
- Events at Mostly Books via @MostlyReading
- Events with David Melling via @DavidMelling1
- Hugless Douglas and his ‘dad’ at Edinburgh Book Festival via @hodderchildrens
- David Melling LIVE! at Mostly Books via @MostlyReading
- Oliver Jeffers will be signing in Waterstones Oxford on Saturday 29 September via @WaterstonesOxf
- Back to school event with Clara Vulliamy at Tales on Moon Lane on Wednesday 29 August via @talesonmoonlane
- Fun afternoon for under-5s 2-4pm Thurs 20 September. Help run play-cafe and shop via @AshmoleanMuseum
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