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118 Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf book review by Dr Michael Tebboth

118 Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf book review: An investigation into the chemical elements by Dr Michael Tebboth

118 pigs, one hungry wolf, and a surprisingly useful, and funny, introduction to the chemical elements

💚 Gifted review: This book was gifted to The Home Ed Daily for consideration. No payment was received for this review and, as always, all opinions are my own.

Some children meet the periodic table through a worksheet. Others meet it through 118 expendable student pigs being sent out...

A Home Ed Daily review of The Reading Detectives by Steven Harris

The Reading Detectives review: a shared reading book for curious children

A flexible reading resource for children who enjoy clues, questions and short stories. The Reading Detectives review: short stories that make reading feel like solving a puzzle.

💚 Gifted review: This book was gifted to The Home Ed Daily for consideration. No payment was received for this review and, as always, all opinions are my own.

Reading confidence does not always move neatly by...

How to help children fall in love with reading. The power of reading aloud.

Fairytales before phonics: How to help children love reading

How to help children fall in love with reading. The power of reading aloud.

Learning to read is hard, and none of us like doing things that are hard without good reason. So, if children don’t see the point in learning to read, they will be very reluctant to do the hard work involved in being able to decode the jumble of letters on a page.

After all, as adults, which of us picks up a...

Parrot Street Book Club Review

Parrot Street Book Club Review

Finding books that genuinely appeal to older children and teenagers isn't always easy, especially when they've already worked through everything on the bookshelves. Parrot Street Book Club promises to take some of that work off parents' hands by delivering carefully chosen children's books and activities each month.

We tried the Macaws subscription, aimed at readers aged 12–14, to...