In The Night Garden – Watch, read and explore
The characters from In The Night Garden have been part of children’s bedtime hour for the past 10 years. Whilst…
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Celebrate Easter with the Twirlywoos
CBeebies favourite Twirlywoos is a pre-school series featuring the antics of four, fruit-tea loving bird-like friends. A combination of stop-frame animation and live action sequences set in the real world, the series uses fun and laughter to encourage children to think for themselves and gain confidence in their perceptions of the world.
Peter Rabbit and Mr McGregor’s vegetable garden!
As a little girl, I can remember the stories of Peter Rabbit being told by my mum. Beatrix Potter held a special place in her heart. Especially as my older sister was called Jemima Puddle Duck for two weeks until my parents could think of a suitable name for her. I think they should have stuck with it, it would have suited her.
Frozen, Forever Country and Flowers #LittleLoves
This week was back to reality with no snow to admire and enjoy. It’s very much been about getting back into the normal family routines with Piglet back at nursery and to-do lists to complete. I’ve been feeling a little meh since Monday evening, with a migraine waking me up this morning. I’m hoping for an early night to recharge my batteries.
Star Wars, Read Aloud Day and Beast from the East #LittleLoves
Oh, what a week! I have to confess to being a little sceptical when I saw the weather reports over the weekend suggesting that we were about to enter a deep freeze. The Beast from the East certainly made their presence known. With the world around us looking more like a scene from a movie rather than the end of February in the UK. Instead of our usual scattering of snow, we received a thick blanket that is still covering most of the area. With just the roads and some walkways starting to turn to slush. It’s still very cold, but oh so beautiful!
Encouraging children young and old to #KeepReading
Today marks World Book Day, a day where we celebrate the authors, the illustrators, the publishers and the stories that have brought us all so many fond memories. Yesterday my children’s school celebrated Read Aloud Day, encouraging the children to pick up a book and read it aloud for a teacher, a classmate, a family member or anyone who wanted to hear a story. It was a privilege to be able to sit and enjoy stories with the children. Each finding something new within the story to focus on, a favourite character or loving the illustrations that helped bring the story to life.
Lunii // My Fabulous Storyteller
The Lunii My Fabulous Storyteller is the new-generation, fun and interactive storyteller. Start your adventure with 48 original stories, following Susan and Ben on unexpected journeys. My Fabulous Storyteller allows children to create their own choices, simply and intuitively, by toggling and pushing buttons. They can choose a HERO, a WORLD, a COMPANION and an OBJECT – and navigate whole worlds of wonder.
CAKE, Get A Job and Jakemans #LittleLoves
From Wednesday onwards I have spent most of the days attempting to recall what day of the week it actually is. Thinking it was a day later than it was, which when I remembered that it wasn’t was a good thing as I had more time to achieve a few more things on my to-do list. At the moment I’m splitting my time between producing content and playing catch up those blog admin tasks that I never seem to get round to. I’m thinking it might be more productive to dedicate one day a week to just that so that I can make headway on the mountain of things that need doing. All tedious tasks but once completed will hopefully make things run more smoothly.
Have yourself a Trolls Holiday
Last year we welcomed Trolls into our lives. We were very lucky to be invited to the Trolls BFI Gala Screening – which was simply amazing! This was Piglet’s first visit to the cinema, which she thankfully enjoyed due to the bold colours, amazing soundtrack and a packet of Wotsits. Fast forward to this year and we had downloaded the film onto our Sky box (yes I am too lazy to keep putting the DVDs in and out of the DVD player) for us to watch one weekend. The Trolls movie is a hit with all of us, but none more so that Piglet… Oh, my goodness, how she loves that film and Princess Poppy.
Say goodnight with In The Night Garden Bedtime Stories
Did you know that In the Night Garden is celebrating it’s 10th birthday this year? For the past 10 years, it has featured within the bedtime hour for many children – including my own. A can still remember a colleague telling me about how her twins adored In The Night Garden and that I should introduce it to Roo. From that first episode, she was hooked. Awaiting for the CBeebies bedtime hour to come on each evening so that she could capture a glimpse of Upsy Daisy, Iggle Piggle, Makka Pakka and all their friends.
