You all know how passionate I am about books and the journey I’ve been on with my 7 year old son as he’s learned to read. It’s not been an easy journey and even now, my son is very much happier when he’s being read to, rather than having to… Continue reading »
There’s no secret that my son is a reluctant writer and although he loves books, he’s still not the happiest independent reader. He’s much better than he was, but homework is always a battle and a change in reading band recently had a few issues. But we plod on, doing… Continue reading »
Yesterday morning we were sat having breakfast. Each morning Monkey reads his school reading book to me, reluctantly. Since the new school term I’m lucky if we get five pages out of him. It’s not much when you see the number of sentences per page. Some mornings are less of… Continue reading »
As you all know Monkey is a rather reluctant writer. He gets easily frustrated and struggles with it all. The situation probably isn’t helped by his letter formation, when he writes, he starts most letters in the wrong place, so he’s always covering more distance on a page than he needs… Continue reading »
You may recall that Monkey had his first taste of audio books last year and The Worst Witch was an instant hit. I’m keen for him to read a balanced selection of books, with female lead characters as will as male. We are thrilled to be asked to get involved… Continue reading »
As you all know, my Monkey son does everything at his own pace. Although he loves books and will happily sit with me for hours, literally, and let me read to him, it’s been a bit of a battle to get him to take the lead. But since starting in… Continue reading »