We were in the middle of a typical lesson in early year’s teaching. It had started with reading Martin Waddell’s wonderful story ‘Owl Babies’ about three little owls whose mother leaves them alone to go hunting and it’s all very atmospheric and scary as they bravely wait for her return. Then one of the children mentioned mummy owl going shopping for their … More The Tale of the Fight
As Hubert arrived home from school to the little cave that he shared with his mum and dad and his little sister Hattie, he saw that his mother was looking at the smoke signals coming from school with a cross expression on her face. ‘That was your teacher!’ she said as he sat up to … More The dragon under the bed – Part Three
Following the success of the wand of rainbows, Penny had three evenings when Amy went straight to bed without a murmur. As long as the pink wand was on the bedside table and she was tucked up with teddy then Amy was happy. In fact she told Penny that evening that she had made friends … More The dragon under the bed – Part Two
‘Mummy there’s a dragon under my bad and he says he’s going to bite me.’ Trying not to sigh, Penny put down her book next to her well-earned glass of wine and looked up at her five year old daughter. “It is vital that a secure and regular bedtime routine is established or children will … More The Dragon under the Bed – A bedtime story
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