...this week it has to be the stupendously brilliant Wriggle and Roar by the splendid Julia Donaldson. Jessicat loves the rhymes and the bright illustrations that accompany them. This book could appeal to a child from about 18 months to 5 years old; it really is that versatile, and can work on several levels. Well worth trying with children who think that they won't like poetry.
The Micheal Rosen programme was as inspiring as I expected it to be. His advice to parents - take your kids to the library and read to them a bit more - was hardly earth shatteringly novel, but one that's well worth repeating as a lot of people still haven't got the message. Disappointing to see so many spanking new computers in a school, and such an impoverished and uninspiring library. Wish the programme could have been shown on terrestrial channels, where it would surely have reached a wider audience.
Jess continues to plague us for stories. Every morning, she comes into bed with us for a cuddle, and demands "Make up a story, Mummy" (or Daddy). Not as easy as it sounds when you are bleary and tired at 7am. But she would listen to made up stories ALL DAY LONG. I find I can't keep manufacturing them at a rate to keep her satisfied, even though I can still get away with a simple narrative and few characters.
As of February 2009, these are some of Jessica's favourite things:
Books - really difficult to choose, but she seems keen on poetry at the moment. And any books involving Thomas the Tank Engine (ugh).
TV Programme - Higgeldy House, Nuzzle and Scratch, Peppa Pig
Meal - sausages with baked beans followed by jelly.
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