BOOKS
Tell me a Picture (Quentin Blake)
My favourite subject at school was History of Art - I loved finding out the stories behind a picture and I loved how the more you looked, the more you saw. I've spoken before (here) about taking my kids to art exhibitions in the hope that I can inspire some of my interest to rub off on ...
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INTERESTING ARTICLES
The importance of handwriting
There are a lot of things I like about my kids schooling in France -- there are also a lot of things I criticise. Compared to the children of my Anglo-Saxon friends, school seems to be so rigid over here. One of the things I found unnecessarily strict here is the importance placed on handwriting. ...
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