Hello everybody,
Research is currently taking place which looks at how well children perform in school and then looks at a how much interest and reading parents take in educational topics and then statistically tries to prove that those chidlren who achieve the best results comes from those families who are avid readers.
Music and the arts also feature in this research.
Maureen
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my littleone is one 3 and 3/4 and so he's not quite mastered the art of reading and writing yet, but he loves books,he has a story every night (usually mr men or little miss as they are his favourite) and loves to look and laugh at the pictures. he tends to make up his own interpretation of stories sometimes.
he also spends his pennies from gran on a magazine everytime we go to tesco, his favourite is called 'friends' and has loads of stories and craft ideas in it all to do with tv characters.
he loves going to the library, his gran takes him at least twice a month and his old nursery used to take all the children once a week to chose 5 story books - 1 for everyday.
he's now at a new nursery(loonnnggg story) and as it is attached to a school they have a book corner which acts as a mini library, the children have a book bag and a card and they can sign out a book to take home anytime they want. the books are replenished every term by the county council, its fab.
we also have a mobile library that comes to our village every fortnight, it actualy parks right outside our house as we are by the community garden and there are alot pensioners in the area.
levi always waves through the window to the driver and he'l shout to me 'mummy the book bus is here again'.
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Hello Yummymummy,
Your little one sounds ever so sweet.
You'll be surprised how bright 3 year olds can be in the nursery and in the foundation class at 4 they really are moving forward quickly.
Those children who begin school later are at a disadvantage unless they have had parents who have been able to give them what a nursery or playgroup can.
Maureen
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aww your little boy sounds adorable. Jade has just recently got back into her old roald dahl books, she read matilda (for the 10th time lol) last week and is now getting stuck into Georges marvellous medecine. Next she has got james and the giant peach lined up so i might actually get some quiet time lol
Diana xx
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Roald Dahl books are brilliant and have been favourites of childrens for years. My son had the whole collection and read them time and time again and they will probably still be popular and he will be able to read them with his son when he grows up. Hope Jade enjoys reading her books.
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you are a kind father  i remember when i was very little,my father also often read books to me ,and i such enjoy of it |
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What about Enid Blyton books?
They were always a favourite of mine as a child.
Maureen
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My little grand daughter who isn't three until the end of September knows all her books, She was looking at the We are going on a Bear hunt with her mum yesterday and saying the whole thing with her, she more or less knew it word for word. She is the same with the Hungry Caterpillar. She will pick up a book and sahy will you fread this please it is and will tell you what it is about.
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I love the book "The Hungry Caterpillar" and also "Five Minutes Peace" I used to read them to my children and now my grandchildren. I love it how little ones memorise books if you try and read them quicker by missing some out they know and tell you.
I used to love Enid Blyton books but they do not seem to have the same appeal to the younger generation nowadays, a sign of the times I suppose. Plus there are so many more good writers of children's books about now that there is so much more choice than there was when we were young.
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I agree I used to love Enid Blyton from Noddy, the Secret ZSeven, Famous Five and especially when I was older MAllory Towers, I read them all again when I was about 30 and loved them, not Noddy though,  just the others. There were others as well but I can't remeber their titles. |
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Hello everybody,
I have good news. The Enid Bluyton Noddy books have been re-edited and re-published. Hip hip horay.
Also very soon our tv screens will show a special film dedicated to her life and writing.
Maureen
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noddy is a big favourite in our house
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Hello Yummy mummy,
I swear Enid Blyton is suitable for adults to read aswell.
I still have my original old Noddy books well loved of course and falling to bits.
Maureen
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 Hi All, Gosh haven't been here in awhile, hope everybody is well. My youngest who 's 3, loves, loves, loves the Gruffulo, we have recently had storysacks from the school which were brilliant, apart from getting the books you also get visual aids like soft toys to act out the story, cds to accompany the book and advice for storytelling and storymaker. I'm going to buy my other Daughter, who's 6 "The Velveteen Rabbit" this christmas, as i remember reading this as a child. All my children are members of the library.They love it.
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Hello and welcome back tla.
You can't beat a good library can you?
Maureen
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