CELEBRATE READING FOR PLEASURE! Packed with TEACHING RESOURCES, INFORMATION, IDEAS and INSPIRATION as well as amazing COMPETITIONS you’ll find everything here to encourage and celebrate reading for pleasure for all ages, all year round. WORLD BOOK DAY is celebrated April 23. World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days) is a yearly event on April 23, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural … [Read more...]
Gift Ideas for Children’s Christenings
Christenings are seen as cheerful events which bring together close family members and friends so that they can share in the special moment of a child’s life. The service is usually followed by a reception to allow everyone to catch up, reminisce, and more importantly, celebrate together a prominent day in a child’s life. While this is all fairly straightforward, if you have an upcoming christening to attend, one aspect which you might be struggling with is what to gift to give to the child and … [Read more...]
How To Help Your Child With Homework
One thing that children are yet to grow fond of is homework. Children want to come home after school and have nothing to do with books. They would rather come home, relax, catch their favorite cartoon, have dinner and sleep. There are tips that you as a parent would use, to help your child with homework. 1. Know your children's teachers and what they look for Schools often have many events. As a parent, you are encouraged to attend most of these events, if not all. Take the time to talk … [Read more...]
Do You Feel Like Life is Passing By Too Quickly?
Do You Feel Like Life is Passing By Too Quickly? Five Ways You Can Slow Life Down Today’s modern woman is one that wears many hats – career professional, mother, daughter, caretaker, wife/partner, friend, and many more. Juggling so many different hats and roles can certainly have time feeling as though it’s speeding by, with one day blending into the next in a blink of an eye. So how can you slow life down? Obviously we can’t stop the clock, but is there a way to have those days feel a … [Read more...]
Dr. Wayne Dyer, in memory of passing on Aug 30
Wayne Dyer passed away Aug 30th. It seemed like a random day and a tragic loss for so many of us. But as we were preparing his obituary and information for the press release about his passing we were going through I Can See Clearly Now, his memoir for information to share about his life: we noticed that August 30th was in fact a very important date in Wayne’s life. August 30, 1974 was, in fact, what Wayne considered the most important day of his life. It was the day that Wayne went to the … [Read more...]