EYE SUPPLEMENT Picture book reviews – educational reads
Meg Barclay, education consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association,...
Meg Barclay, education consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association,...
Some ideas for supporting children’s exploration of vans and lorries, inside and outside the...
Meg Barclay, education consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association,...
Are You a Monster? has been recognised as the best new book for sharing with young children by...
Meg Barclay, educational consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association,...
Executive functions play an important role in early maths, says Rosemary O’Connor, from a University...
A delivery of hats at one setting in Scotland gave children the chance to try them on and discuss...
Karen Hart reviews six excellent picturebooks, spanning both fiction and non-fiction, whose subject...
A visit to a pond inspired the children at one setting in West Yorkshire to learn about tadpoles and...
After reading a story about a green-fingered young gardener, nursery school children were inspired...
This Black History Month, an eight-year-old girl who wrote a book about her afro hair hopes it will...
The bestselling children’s author and poet of more than 200 books – includingThe Gruffalo, Room on...
Amy Jackson continues her tour of the alphabet of enhancements to continuous provision, looking at...
Children’s author and illustrator Nick Sharratt, best known for his drawings in Jacqueline Wilson's...
Annie Crombie of BookTrust on how a pilot scheme is reconnecting young children and families with...
From plants to wildlife, the children at one setting paid attention to seasonal shifts in their...
Early years settings and schools across the country have been celebrating the 25th World Book Day.
Children’s author Shirley Hughes, who was known for her series of books about a boy called Alfie,...
Karen Hart road tests some new titles with a variety of different aged children and discovers how...
The Whales on the Bus written by Katrina Charman and illustrated by Nick Sharratt (Bloomsbury...
Karen Hart takes her pick of the best recent releases. These include Time to get Dressed – part of a...
Here are six books that will get children in the Christmas spirit. By Karen Hart
In the final part of this series, Andy McCormack provides some essential reading lists, covering a...
App’s the way to do it?! The subject divides opinion, but dedicated story apps do offer a wealth of...
Picturebooks can help children get to grips with rules, routines and bedtime. Andy McCormack...
How story sacks can extend the learning and play potential provided by picturebooks. Andy McCormack...
Elmer the Elephant’s author and illustrator David McKee has won the prestigious BookTrust annual...
How do picturebooks support early mathematics, and what are some of the best books to choose? Andy...
Books representative of a multi-cultural and diverse society are to be delivered to nurseries and...
What’s under the flap? Andy McCormack explores the rich variety of interactive picturebooks from the...
We are all beautifully different – so it is important for children to see themselves and others...
A picture book about a bear going into hibernation has been published with the aim of helping early...
Introducing babies and toddlers to books will set them on the way to being confident readers later...
How sharing stories about the environment feeds into the Understanding the World strand of the EYFS....
As part of her series exploring books for babies and children, Penny Tassoni has ideas for sharing...
Poetry has great developmental importance for children, and rhyming picturebooks are a great way to...
Hairy Maclary is the star of a series of rhyming books about a shaggy Scottish terrier. In this...
Picturebooks offer children safe spaces in which to develop an understanding of their own and...
Educational neuroscientist Paul Howard-Jones tells Annette Rawstrone why reading is the most...
Ideas from Penny Tassoni for activities based on the story of a teddy bear who falls out of bed one...
This simple story is about a goat who goes on an eating rampage around the farm.
From classic festive tales to a lion going walkabout in the snow, Meredith Jones Russell offers a...
Cyril and Pat by Emily Gravett has been named as the winner of the BookTrust Storytime Prize.
Tina is a cow that lives with her three sisters, and while she is curious and adventurous, her...
It can be hard to find books with a girl as the lead character, but this new title is about a girl...
Penny Tassoni has ideas for sharing We're Going on an Egg Hunt that will work all year round
While Julia Donaldson is best known for The Gruffalo, she has written many other children’s books...