Author: mlbookcorner

Time for free play is such an important part of young children’s development. Multiple learning opportunities present themselves spontaneously in the course of free play, which can be used to extend children’s learning, especially when children have time to develop their play themes. A great resource for outdoor play are giant linking plastic building blocks, […]

Long rolls of white paper with minimal outlines for support are a great resource to inspire creativity in children. This is an idea I got from a colleague of mine, and my young pupils absolutely loved it. The entire lower part of my classroom walls literally became my pupil’s canvas for the whole school year.  […]

In the Dinosaurs’ Ladybug Car story, I included dealing with the emotion of disappointment to help children reading this story understand that this is a way that they can sometimes feel about things when something they would really like to do isn’t possible immeadiately, or they are faced with having to wait, share, or take […]

My husband, Sean Roys, helped to me with the narration of this story children’s story. Our first ever story narration project was when our oldest son and daughter were aged 2-5. Between  the two of them, they had a handful of favourite stories which they repeatedly asked us to read to them at bedtime. We […]

The inspiration for this little children’s story started when my three youngest girls were small. I loved to sit to the side and just listen to their chatter between themselves in their pretend play. Sometimes I’d join in and we’d make up stories together. A friend gifted my children a DIY cardboard playhouse that had […]