It was so good yesterday They wanted to do it again. We lifted the bikes over the school fence to ride on the netball court. So big now and so fast so confident pushing new limits every day No-one needs me now To hold the bike whilst he gets on To run [...]
April 12, 2012
the unveiling of so much sound
A poem by Samantha Reynolds from http://bentlily.com/, where you can catch a poem a day or browse the archives for lots of treasures like this one… I’d been told that having a child would ignite my eyes pack wonder back into the humdrum of a spoon the seductive arch of its spine the tiny [...]
March 10, 2012
if i had my child to raise all over again…
I found the following quote on the PSYCHALIVE website, and just had to share … “If I had my child to raise all over again, I’d build self-esteem first, and the house later. I’d finger-paint more, and point the finger less. I would do less correcting and more connecting. I’d take my eyes off my watch, [...]
December 27, 2011
full of wonder
10 minute tales: Dog alone (2009). Makes you wonder if babies and toddlers experience life like this.
September 9, 2011
drop a love bomb
I was cruising around blogs the other week, as one does when one is avoiding tackling the mountain of washing confronting one, and I happened upon the following site… drop a love bomb the idea is that people nominate someone with a blog who could use a mountain of support, and the organisers choose one person [...]
August 30, 2011
such is life
Just had the plumbers here for 5 hours. When I signed the job sheet, the chief plumber said in his thick Scottish accent and with a grin “that will be 4 million dollars please, plus gst (goods & services tax)”. Apparently 9 out of 10 bathroom renovations result in problems with the drainage after [...]
August 25, 2011
liebster award
The lovely phrogmom has bestowed a Liebster Award upon my blog. The Liebster Award is said to have originated in Germany. ”Liebster” translated to English means “beloved”. I was a bit confused when I saw this as I had never seen the word “liebster” but I had seen and used “liebchen”. So, I looked it up, and sure enough both words are [...]
August 13, 2011
bubble trouble
When I came across the poem Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy a few years ago, I thought it would make a lovely picture book. And now it is. I wasn’t sure whether the children at playgroup would be able to sit through a reading of the whole book. Twenty-two pages of dense, tongue-twisting text. I [...]
August 13, 2011
the stone baby
Some picture storybooks just don’t seem to be for young children. This is one of those. It’s beautiful and deep. It relies on a few carefully chosen words and intricate illustrations to convey the story. I think it is a masterpiece. It is the story of a six year-old girl who is overwhelmed by all she [...]
August 12, 2011
howl’s moving castle
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones was one of the books I had to read for a Children’s Literature subject I did at university. It’s a strange, complicated, and interesting tale, and is classified as a young adult fantasy novel. I would allow my 8 and 9 year-old boys to read it. The story plucks a plain, [...]
April 13, 2012
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