FunReads4Kids

FunReads4Kids Author/speech pathologist with a passion for children's literacy & creating fun educational books

I’m not going to an ANZAC Day dawn service this year due to my ankle but of course it is a day to remember all those men...
24/04/2026

I’m not going to an ANZAC Day dawn service this year due to my ankle but of course it is a day to remember all those men, women and animals who gave their lives and made so many sacrifices for their country. It’s a shame that the powers that be seem to forget the human tragedy that wars inevitably bring. We haven’t learnt as much as I wish we had.

But onto a more cheerful topic. I do love baking (and of course eating!) ANZAC cookies for ANZAC Day. I use my trusty Women’s Weekly cookbook that I was given by my parents in 1977.

I love mine to be crispy on the edges and chewy in the middle. How do you like your ANZAC cookies?

Had such a wonderful interactive story time with children, along with making mini veggie greenhouses library in the sch...
23/04/2026

Had such a wonderful interactive story time with children, along with making mini veggie greenhouses library in the school holidays.

Thank you Karri for sending photos through.

21/04/2026

Watch how the children at my author incursions turn the humble egg carton into a home grown veggie garden

What???? A book that actually inspires children to eat up their veggies and is also fun to read? Thank you for your won...
20/04/2026

What???? A book that actually inspires children to eat up their veggies and is also fun to read?

Thank you for your wonderful feedback. And I love your girls’ cosy reading tent. Goes perfectly with your beautiful calming macrame creations.

Have you ever experienced your child wanting to read the same picture book over and over again?This might be boring for ...
19/04/2026

Have you ever experienced your child wanting to read the same picture book over and over again?

This might be boring for you but there is value in this process:
📚 children need to hear words over and over again for them to stick in their vocabulary bank
📚 familiarity with a book helps children to recall information and build comprehension and narrative sequencing skills
📚 repetition helps the child to build reading confidence as they join in with the words.

This is not to say we shouldn’t be introducing new books as well. Unfamiliar books:
📚 introduce new vocabulary
📚 provide opportunities to discuss new concepts
📚 build connections with new knowledge

If your child is stuck on the same book, go ahead and read that with them after you’ve read a new book - then you’ve got the best of both worlds!

15/04/2026

When reading I’d Rather Eat Chocolate with children I love exploring:
🤩 the smattering of novel vocab (such as glee, burly) and asking children what they think these words mean
🤩 Helping children identify some of the rhyming words (eg team and gleam)
🤩 Seeing if they can join in on the repetitive text
🤩 See if they can recall what animal or veggie came next
Who else thinks it’s so much fun exploring picture books?

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As parents, we know how important reading is, but what should we do when our child shows little interest in books? Here ...
12/04/2026

As parents, we know how important reading is, but what should we do when our child shows little interest in books? Here are a few tips I’ve used over the years:
📚 choose times to read when you think your child may be more receptive to the idea (eg bedtime, in the bath)
📚choose books that are silly, fun, not too long
📚encourage your child to participate by turning the pages
📚choose books that encourage active body movements if your child doesn’t like sitting (eg for I’d Rather Eat Chocolate I encourage children to jump, run, pretend they are diving, skateboarding etc)
📚talk about the pictures if reading the actual words and sentences are too long
📚praise your child for interacting with books with you/listening/sitting - the behaviours we praise, tend to increase over time

This isn’t an exhaustive list - just a few ideas. Do you have other tips you use? Feel free to share them in the comments as your tip may just help another person 😊

So when you are laid up in bed with a sprained ankle, what do you do?Read of course! I’ve just finished The Society of L...
11/04/2026

So when you are laid up in bed with a sprained ankle, what do you do?

Read of course!

I’ve just finished The Society of Literary Marauders and loved it.

I am astounded by the literary and historical knowledge of

This is a story where you’ll be transported to Oxford even if you’ve never been there before.

I loved the characters
I laughed out loud in the chapter called A Wedding Tradition (you’ll have to read the book to understand)
I savoured the ending

This is a ‘must read’ and now that I’ve read it… I’m sad that it’s finished. Sign of a great book.

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