We had fun yesterday making a picture book using the iPad and the Book Creator App. Photos by Blake. Story by Blake and Phoebe. Starring Super Gigi and his friends. One of the best things about Book Creator is it lets you easily record narration, so we have a version that the kids narrated saved…
Today’s post involves a hypothetical. (Not quite sure where this is going, but bear with me. Just close your eyes and go with it.) OK, that’s not going to work. Open them now. This post is going to be a little all over the place. Just so you know. Right, so imagine it’s no longer…
Have you read “The Shape Game”? It’s another Anthony Browne picture book. (I already blogged on Browne’s “The Tunnel” in my post about Choosing books to engage kids in reading.) If you’re not familiar with Anthony Browne, it’s worth your time to find some of his work. He’s a prolific British author/illustrator, and the creator…
My mum read my first blog post. “It’s great!” she said yesterday when I popped over for lunch. (She’s my biggest fan – that’s her job.) “You know, I really love that photo of the kids in the tunnel.” (She means the header above). “Yeah, me too,” I agreed, sensing the not-so-stealthy approach of a ‘but’. “But,”…
Raising Explorers 