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

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?

Thank you for your gorgeous video

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 😊

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.

08/04/2026

Sometimes my writing assistant is more hindrance than help

Anyone relate?

07/04/2026

At my library school holiday workshop yesterday we had fun interacting with, and re-telling, I’d Rather Eat Chocolate using my dress up props (and veggies of course!) and played with words before heading to the craft tables to make mini veggie greenhouses.

I consider word play to be so important- identifying rhyming words and tapping out syllables on my bongo drums. These are fun ways for children to learn about words, parts of words, sounds. And when playing with these skills we are building our children’s phonological awareness skills which are critical for reading success.

What’s your favourite way of playing with rhyme and/or syllables?

06/04/2026

I spent the whole afternoon gardening - planting some Autumn veggies and violas for colour and beneficial insects. Two more garden beds to refresh and plant.

But right now it’s time to put up my little hedgehogs and read my new book. I’m only up to chapter 3 but already loving this book.

05/04/2026

Happy Easter!

We have 7 family birthdays between mid Feb to mid April so we’ve got a large family birthday bash happening today.

Thought I’d make a little Easter platter to start with. Chocolate overload is on the way!

02/04/2026

I really don’t know how we got here but happy Easter everyone.

Enjoy some time to rest, relax and reflect (and eat chocolate!)

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Perth, WA
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https://funreads4kids.com.au/

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