There was always one thing that I always wanted my eight year old twin girls to grow up loving and that was the love of the written word. I also wanted to encourage a love of reading. Ever since they were toddlers their bedtime ritual always involved a bedtime story, They particularly loved hearing their…
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Simple Happy Parenting: Denaye Barahona Ph.D. Book Review #AD
Read moreNowadays there are many parenting books out there, and yes I am a bit of fan. I love reading them. After all let’s be honest, parenting is not easy by anybody’s standards. It has challenges that before I had children I didn’t even know existed so when I read a parenting book the first thing…
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Hannah The Spanner Children’s Book Reviews The Perfect Bedtime Story COMPETITION #AD
Read moreI have been a dad for 23 years and one of the most special parts of fatherhood for me has always been bedtime, and more importantly the bedtime story. You would think that after 23 years and five children I would have grown tired of reading bedtime stories, but the truth is I still love…
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Playgroups & Prosecco Book Review #gifted
Read moreI have to admit after becoming a dad to five children, reading a book was something that I could never find time to do. Thankfully three of my children have grown up so I now have a bit more time to do a few things for myself and that includes reading a book. So when…
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World Book Day In Wales #AD
Read moreWorld book day has come around very quickly, and this year on March 7th we will be celebrating world book day with a simple message #shareastory. It’s a simple message yet for me an important message in the fast paced technological world we live in where everything is condensed down to an Instagram page or…
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Book Review “What Could Go Wrong” By Brett Grayson
Read moreOver the years I have read many books about parenting which have been written by parents. Most of them I will say have usually been written by mums. So when the book, What Could Go Wrong?, written by Brett Grayson dropped through my letterbox, I was a quite excited to start reading. The main reason…
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Dads Don’t Babysit: Towards Equal Parenting
Read moreHaving been a father to 5 kids over 2 decades, I’ve seen a lot of attitudes about parenthood and what dads can do in the family change. I get the impression that more and more men want to take up a bigger role in the household and spend more time with their children. My kids…
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World Book Day With My 5 Year Old Twin Girls
Read moreIt’s World Book Day on March 1st and my five year old twin girls are getting ready for it along with thousands of other children up and down the country. Their primary school every year makes a big effort to celebrate World Book Day. It’s almost part of their curriculum. The children are encouraged to…
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Unleash The Hidden Novelist: Encouraging Your Children To Write
Read moreRegardless of age, we all love stories. Hearing them, telling them, being part of them. So, if your child is showing off a stellar imagination and enjoys hearing and telling stories, why not encourage them to write them down? Not only is it hugely beneficial for their learning and development, but it’s a way to…
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Picture book reviews from Curious Fox
Read moreBedtime story in our home is a very important part of the day and our twin girls love having a story read to them by their mum. Recently I was sent four picture books from the publisher Curious Fox. HERBIE’S BIG ADVENTURE by Jennie Poh is a story of a loveable hedgehog going out into the…


























