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Children’s Historical fiction – Stone Age
Historical fiction is a great way of finding out more about history. This list includes some great picture books and novels for young adults.
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Stone Age Boy
This historical fiction picture book is a great introduction to archaeology and stone age people for younger children – for us it is the one essential book on the subject.
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Nature Storybooks
Our favourite series on animals is Nature Storybooks
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Zoo-ology
Today’s book is all about the illustrations! Zoo-ology, by Joelle Jolivet is a great first animal encyclopedia.
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My Name is Mina
My Name is Mina is a rare book – beautifully written using language in an almost hypnotic way, quirky and with an instinctive understanding of unschooling/autonomous/informal education.
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Picture books
30th Nov: Yummy nummy mummy As a family that breastfeeds many picture books aimed at young children and babies are frustratingly quiet on the subject. When ever a baby needs…
Parenting
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Babywearing blogs
To celebrate International Babywearing Week – here are some blogs on babywearing.
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The warm heart of my family
Reading the latest The Parental Intelligence Newsletter I came upon this article that struck a cord with me – Why African Babies Don’t Cry
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Education choices Pt 1:- What would suit your child and family?
Where and how to educate our children is one of the biggest decisions we make for them. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland the law states that ‘The parent of…
Eco-Living
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Halloween
On rediscovering my Halloween heritage.
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Apple Day Events 2011 Hertfordshire
Every year as autumn sets in I feel the need to find out where our local Apple Day celebrations will be. Celebrated on and around 21st October each year this is a…
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My favourite gadget
I have to confess to a terrible vice, that I have now got under control with the help of my favourite gadget!









