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Kids Reading Challenge & Jeremy Strong Book Giveaway

February 1, 2014 By In The Playroom in Competitions, Education 86 Comments Tags: books for age 7-13, children's humourous books, encouraging children to read, funny books for kids, jeremy strong, kids reading challenges

Pearsons have launched a new reading challenge for school children aged 7-13 which can be found at www.readformyschool.co.uk. They are challenging children to read many books as they can in the next 2 months, either online from a free digital library, or offline. There are 8 categories of books on the Read For My School website and children are encouraged to read at least one from each category:

Laugh out Loud/Humour
Film and TV
Historical
Mystery and Horror
Real Life
Adventure
Sci-fi and Fantasy
Animals and The Wild.

6 Ways to Encourage Your Kids to Play Outside

Today’s most of the kids spending hours daily in front of electronics devices, such as phones, tablets, laptops and television. In fact, 43% of kids would prefer to stay indoors and play with technology, rather than getting outside and enjoying the fresh air. There’s no denying that today’s kids are swapping active, outdoor play for a more sedentary […]

20 Fun and Frugal ideas for your Backyard this Summer

Summer is here, and that means outdoor fun and lots of time spent in the garden. If you’re looking for ways to entertain your kids this summer, these awesome backyard ideas should give you some inspiration for a fun and frugal summer that memories are made of. Cool features to add to your backyard this […]

Big Little Tent Festival

Big Little Tent Festival was created last year during lockdown, since we aren’t able to be out there exploring just now, Caravan Club came up with this idea to allow families to have fun and continue the excitement of camping at home. The festival aims to bring the great outdoors to you – in the […]

Surprise Egg Sink or Float Experiment

Sink or float is one of the most popular classic science experiments for kids. It’s so easy to set up, and a great way to introduce them to basic experiments at home. This fun twist on the classic experiment uses surprise eggs to add another element of fun to the activity. This sink or float […]

How to find the top toys that your kids will really play with

Every child is different, and with these varied personalities and interests you will need different toys to best keep your child occupied and entertained. Recently, I was having this discussion with one of my mum groups about which toys are most used by our 4 year olds these days and it was really interesting to […]

Make your own Kaleidoscope Craft

Kaleidoscope Have fun making this Kaleidoscope craft with the kids. This simple kaleidoscope works best when it is held up to the light. Move the tube around to see the pretty colours, glitter and sequins dance around. What is a Kaleidoscope? A kaleidoscope (/kəˈlaɪdəskoʊp/) is an optical instrument with two or more reflecting surfaces tilted […]

10 lockdown activities for kids to inspire creativity

We have all been stuck indoors for a while so it is always good to have some ideas of how to keep the little ones entertained during lockdown. We still have only a few months to go until things go back to normal – hopefully – so read on to get some inspiration. Anna and […]