You’ve made it through the endless negotiations (and demands) of dinner, bath and teeth brushing. Now it’s time for the bedtime story. What you need tonight is a short chapter book for bedtime. One chapter, a generous twenty minutes (most will run shorter), and a natural stop. That’s the secret weapon. The perfectly sized chapter […]
AdventureRaise your hand if you’ve got a comfort show (I’m proud to say I could probably recite seasons 1-10 of Friends off by heart). Or a meal you return to when your brain has left the chat (tuna jacket potato with cheese). Your child re-reading the same book over and over is the equivalent of […]
Adventure“Are we there yet?” A question banned on long car journeys up to Scotland when I was a kid. We were one of those families where the only person allowed to talk was the radio. Everything else was banned. Thank goodness I had my Walkman, a stack of books, and a generous supply of cheese […]
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