We’re in that hazy stretch between Christmas and New Year, which in our house usually means lots of chocolate, movies, and board games. During the last Travelling Man board game sale I picked up the Greek Monsters edition of Horrified on a whim. We have been patiently waiting for the holidays to finally give itContinue reading “Battling Greek Monsters!”
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Monsters!
The only thing we love more than a monster book is a monster-finding book! And Monsters by Céline Potard and Sophie Ledes has every sort of weird and wonderful creature you can imagine lurking in the pages.
Myth Masks: Theseus and the Minotaur
A surplus of cardboard boxes means only one thing: craft time! We’ve been enjoying lots of Greek myths lately, especially any to do with Crete now that our first ever family holiday is edging closer. So, tasked with choosing an activity for our cardboard mountain, the 6yo decided on mythological masks – and chose aContinue reading “Myth Masks: Theseus and the Minotaur”
The Ancient World… in 100 words!
We’re in a big making-up-stories phase at the minute, coinciding with the 5yo’s current focus in school on independent creative writing. He loves writing all sorts of weird and wonderful little tales about monsters and ghosts and smugglers (thanks, Famous Five), so I’ve been gathering some books specifically designed to build vocabulary – and thereContinue reading “The Ancient World… in 100 words!”
Top 8 Ancient Myth Books… for Kids!
After a busy messy summer, we’re getting everything ready for the start of a new school and university year – and everyone knows the first step of tidying up is organising the bookshelves! So while we sort out our shelves full of myths and monsters, we thought we’d share some of our current favourites fromContinue reading “Top 8 Ancient Myth Books… for Kids!”
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