Book review: 50 Fun Balloon Activities
50 Fun Balloon Activities is packed full or games to play with your kids that helps them learn and connect with each other.
Book review: Katie Pickle and the Monsters Under The Bed by Sarah L Jones
Nightmares are something most kids experience at some time or another. They are afraid of sleeping in the dark and their imaginations get the better of them, filling them with fear about what is hiding under their beds and in the dark corners of their rooms. Both of our girls preferred sleeping in pitch dark […]
Book review: “Always There For You” by Lalitha Yenna
Separation anxiety is something that affects a lot of children. It’s something that many adopted children experience often as a result of the number of moves they’ve had in their early lives which can lead to attachment difficulties and separation anxiety. Every child deals with it in different ways. Some express their anxiety openly by […]
Book review: Use Your W.I.T.S. written by Norgenta Lata
Research suggests that as many as 1 in 20 children in the UK have been sexually abused. Sexual abuse is one of the reasons why children are sometimes unable to live with their birth family and require adoption. That may be because they’ve been exposed to abuse themselves, or because there is a risk of […]
Book review: How Muzn Found Her Voice
Books are a great way to help young children understand life and some of the challenges they may face as they grow up. One book I think is really good at this is “How Muzn Found Her Voice” written by Fatma Al Manji and Rumaitha Al-Busaidi. I was kindly gifted an electronic copy of the […]
Book review: “Our Beautiful Chaos” written by Rachael Leanne
When we started to consider adoption, I scoured the internet for stories from adopters sharing their experiences. I wanted to know what the assessment was really like. And how it feels when you meet your child for the first time. And what happens in the early days of placement. As well as eleventy billion other […]
Book review: The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
I came across “The Invisible String” by Patrice Karst by chance and I’m very glad that I did. It was recommended by someone I follow on Instagram. It’s a story about love and being connected to people even when you can’t see them. Our eldest has always struggled with separation anxiety so I was hoping […]
Book Review: The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting by Sarah Naish
This month’s book review is of “The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting”, written by Sarah Naish. It’s one of many books she’s written for parents and children to help them manage behaviour and feelings. Sarah is an adoptive parent and director Inspire Training Group which delivers training on attachment issues. She’s also founder of the National […]
Book review: First Steps in Parenting the Child who Hurts
This month’s book review is written by @mollymamaadopt. Molly’s an avid reader and wrote this review at the start of her family’s adoption journey. Her review is of “First Steps in Parenting the Child who Hurts: Tiddlers and Toddlers” written by Caroline Archer. First Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts: Tiddlers and Toddlers written […]
Book review: “My way to keep anger away” written by Elizabeth Cole
Our youngest daughter has been very angry lately. She generally seems to take things in her stride, but our first review meeting with her reception teacher told a different story. Other than the first day or two in September, she’s gone into school happily. She seems happy when she comes home. And like most kids […]