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Story of the week | Usborne | Be Curious

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Listen along to todya's Monster story...

Frankie Frost is fed up that she can't join her friends skiing in the mountains. But what are these giant footprints she discovers in the snow?

Story of the week | Usborne | Be Curious Frankie Frost is fed up that she can't join her friends skiing in the mountains. But what are these giant footprints she discovers in the snow?

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Great for starting a conversation, game or craft activity on a rainy winter weekend! ☔

Games for the Whole Family at Christmas

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Thinking about Christmas?
Stuck for ideas?
Why not buy a game that the whole family can play together?
I personally love and in this blog post they give some great suggestions, appropriate for all age groups.
Check it out here.. ⬇️

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Is it time for a nice bedtime story?

Stuck for something new to read?

English not your first language?

Click the link to listen and find out together how Dolly the horse saves the day!

Good night all... zzzzz

Story of the week | Usborne | Be Curious Can Dolly the horse save the day when the old steam train breaks down?

🧟‍♂️Halloween can be a really fun time for learning English!
🧙‍♂️Try a Wizardly Wordseach, 👀Spooky Scavenger Hunt or a Ghostly Game of Halloween Bingo...👻
🦇It's so much fun preparing Ghoulish Games and Creepy Craft Activities to keep our little (or not so little!) ones spellbound...🪄
Here's what we'll be doing this year in our house!🎃
Now where did I put my broomstick....? 🧙‍♀️

This week's Fact of the Week from @Usborne | Be Curious

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How to slay a vampire... in your own home! 😄

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Story of the week | Usborne | Be Curious

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A classic fairytale to listen to... Sleeping Beauty!

Story of the week | Usborne | Be Curious Sleeping Beauty is destined to sleep for a hundred years in a secret tower. But can magic save the day?

How to Paint Spooky Skull (from the Usborne Book of Facepainting)

Ready to start planning your Halloween Costume?
Here's a simple step-by-step guide to painting a spooky skull face..

How to Paint Spooky Skull (from the Usborne Book of Facepainting) Here's how to paint a spooky skull on your child's face! Taken from the Usborne Book of Facepainting where there are lots of easy step-by-step facepainting i...

Halloween Children's Books | Usborne | Be Curious

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It's nearly time for HALLOWEEN... 🐈‍⬛🦇🧙‍♀️🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃👻
Who's ready for some seriously spooky stories...?

Halloween Children's Books | Usborne | Be Curious Usborne Halloween books have thrilled kids through multiple generations – from the classic World of the Unknown series (first published in the 1970s) – to new activity books and fantastic fiction, full of pumpkins, ghosts and things that go bump in the night. Browse all our Halloween children�...

Story of the week | Usborne | Be Curious

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THE HUNGRY DONKEY...

Story of the week | Usborne | Be Curious Ears the donkey is hungry and she causes mayhem at the farm show!

Story of the week | Usborne | Be Curious

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Follow Woolly the sheep as she escapes from her field, into the farmyard, and beyond!

Story of the week | Usborne | Be Curious Follow Woolly the sheep as she escapes from her field, into the farmyard, and beyond!

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Ogni sabato mattina dalle 10.00-11.00 al Ludoteca DIRE, FARE, GIOCARE, Sestri Levante...
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Home - World Nursery Rhyme Week

Nursery Rhymes are such a good way of getting children to remember things they see in a book, or a tune they learn to recognise.
We've all got our favourites, so let's start sharing with our little people. Does your child know 8??

Home - World Nursery Rhyme Week World Nursery Rhyme Week is a free, world-wide initiative celebrating the importance of nursery rhymes in early childhood development.

Take 10 minutes to read every day

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The benefits of reading are endless...

Click the link to find out how reading to your child (and it only needs to be 10 minutes a day!), can help with their happiness and wellbeing, give them some time to relax and escape from the pressures of life, improve memory, concentration and focus..... all this in addition of course to improving the reading and writing skills!

What's stopping you?

Take 10 minutes to read every day Read with your child for 10 minutes every day to support their wellbeing.

Coming soon.... a Sestri Levante

Top Quicklinks About Queen Elizabeth II | Usborne | Be Curious

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Remembering our dear Queen Elizabeth...

Top Quicklinks About Queen Elizabeth II | Usborne | Be Curious Find links to hand-picked websites with videos, facts and photos to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's life and 70 year long reign.

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🦄A lovely story to listen to for anyone who believes in Unicorns...🪄

Once there was a king who believed unicorn horns were magic. He tells his page Toby to find one and not come home until he does.

Story of the week | Usborne | Be Curious Once there was a king who believed unicorn horns were magic. He tells his page Toby to find one and not come home until he does...

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It's often hard to keep little ones occupied at the weekend, so when they have some down time from all their rushing around, help them relax with a little audio story.

They could even draw a picture describing what the story was about afterwards... That's another hour taken care of! 😁

Story of the week | Usborne | Be Curious Follow Patch the sheepdog as he settles in at Apple Tree Farm.

So true...

🤍🤍

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Here are 10 idioms about books you should start using today 📚

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Want to make storytime more engaging? Check out these tips for reading aloud to your child!

True story...

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Who knows 100 things about something?
Well YOU can, thanks to this amazing series of books!
Choose from history and the human body, to saving the planet and space.
There's something for everyone in our 100 Things to Know collection, with a whopping 1,000 facts to discover.

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Wonderful morning at the Bilingual School of Massa on the Tuscan Coast!

Helping parents choose the right books for their little ones to set them off on a journey of discovery.... inspiring them to start loving books, reading and the English language!

The storytelling and craft activity was my favourite bit: The Naughty Sheep 🐏 and the Ugly Duckling 🦢...

Why not ask your school to organise and book fair with Usborne?

What a lovely morning we had at the Bilingual School of Massa on Saturday!

Storytelling, craft session, singing... and then helping parents choose the right books for the little ones, helping to inspire them to enjoy books, reading, and the English language.

Wonderful morning at the Bilingual School of Massa on the Tuscan Coast! Helping parents choose the right books for their little ones to set them off on a journey of discovery.... inspiring them to start loving books, reading and the English language! The storytelling and craft activity was my favourite bit: The Naughty Sheep 🐏 and the Ugly Duckling 🦢... Why not ask your school to organise and book fair with Usborne?

Summer Weeks | Scuolebilingue

Summer Weeks | Scuolebilingue Dal 13 giugno al 29 Luglio tornano i campi estivi alla English Primary School.

Festeggiamo la giornata mondiale del Libro con lo Storytelling con Usborne | Scuolebilingue

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I'm so excited to be participating in this Book Fair event at the Bilingual School of Massa... a fun morning in celebration of World Book Day with storytelling, didactic activities and a chance to buy and order wonderful books from my Usborne stand.

Contact the school for details!

Festeggiamo la giornata mondiale del Libro con lo Storytelling con Usborne | Scuolebilingue Sabato 23 aprile, occasione della Giornata Mondiale del Libro, si terrà lo Storytelling con Usborne! Un evento genitori-figli gratuito e aperto a tutti i bambini dai 3 ai 6 anni che si svolgerà presso le nostre Scuole Bilingue in Via Marina vecchia, 72 - Massa, dalle 10:00 alle 12:00.

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Another of Aesop's Fables...

Usborne Publishing Ears the donkey is hungry and she causes mayhem at the farm show!

Absolutely, 100%!

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Festeggiamo la giornata mondiale del Libro con la Usborne Book Fair! | Scuolebilingue

It's nearly World Book Day! 😍

Festeggiamo la giornata mondiale del Libro con la Usborne Book Fair! | Scuolebilingue Sabato 23 aprile, occasione della Giornata Mondiale del Libro, si terrà la Usborne Book Fair! Un evento gratuito e aperto a tutti i bambini dai 3 ai 6 anni che si svolgerà presso le nostre Scuole Bilingue in Via Marina vecchia, 72 - Massa, dalle 10:00 alle 12:00.

True!

It sure does! Now if everyone around us would leave us alone while reading.

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More adventures from Apple Tree Farm...

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Usborne Publishing There's a new pony at Old Gate Farm, but why does she look so sad?

100%!!

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Another tale from Appletree Farm🚜

Usborne Publishing It's snowing on Apple Tree Farm and Woolly the Sheep is missing!

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