Freya and Lois

Join Lois and Freya for a day full of activities all about keeping fit! We’re going to talk about why keeping fit is so important and how you can keep fit at home by showing you some fun games and activities to try out for yourselves.

Georgie Coram

Today we are going to be learning how to teach each other and how to be taught, learning how to listen to each other and work as a team! There will be a mixture of storytelling, arts and crafts and lots of other fun activities…lets go!

Val Bonikowski

Hello children! My name is Val Bonikowski and I’m a Children’s author. I’m here to read you two stories from the book I’ve written called ‘The Yarn Bunch – Seasons’ and I’ll be here throughout the day to do some activities too.

Come and listen to what the four friends get up to on ‘One Calm Winter Day’ and again on ‘One Pleasant Spring Day’. Learn about hibernation in the Winter and let’s build a hibernation den for your favourite teddy or toy!

In this video, I introduce you to The Yarn Bunch and I tell you their special powers!

Val Bonikowski

Hello children! My name is Val Bonikowski and I’m a Children’s author. I’m here to read you two stories from the book I’ve written called ‘The Yarn Bunch – Seasons’ and I’ll be here throughout the day to do some activities too.

Come and listen to what the four friends get up to on ‘One Calm Winter Day’ and again on ‘One Pleasant Spring Day’. Learn about hibernation in the Winter and let’s build a hibernation den for your favourite teddy or toy!

In this video, I introduce you to The Yarn Bunch and I tell you their special powers!

Emma Mccalla John

Hi my name is Emma and I’m an artist and a teacher. Today will be all about creativity at EYFS Home which is my favourite thing in the world! We will be using our imagination to do and be whoever we want to be.

Sarah Isaacs

Today is Walking Day!

My name is Sarah Isaacs and I am an author and a teacher.

This is an exciting theme to have. I am ready to go and visit a few of the amazing places local to where I live. Get ready for a fabulous day ahead!

Grown ups: You don’t have to go on a long walk. It’s all about what you see, hear, smell and touch. Talk to your child about what kind of outdoor clothes he or she must wear. Is it sunny? Rainy? What is best to wear?

Sue Wickstead

Hello my name is Sue and I’m a teacher and an author. I write children’s picture books about buses, especially Play buses.

A bus you can play on and use your imagination, I love to play, don’t you? I love playing with Lego too! Today’s day is ‘’Cardboard Box Day and National Space Day. Come along and join my Space Adventure

Rachel Dunn

Welcome to International Nurses Day with Rachel from Music Minors. After this tough year, we are so grateful for all of our Nurses and NHS staff. I have designed a number of activities so that you can enjoy and celebrate our wonderful Nurses Day.

Michelle Eshkeri

My name is Michelle and I write books for children. My books all have animal characters and they are really fun to read because they rhyme.

Today I’m going to read you two of my stories and we are going to be doing some lovely activities about different foods and where people live.

Sarah Griffiths, Sarah Isaacs, Jude Lennon, Emma Mccalla John

Today is LOCAL HISTORY DAY! We have an action packed day for you all. We have four of our well known content creators, who will be showing you around the places where they live! There is also a special bedtime story at the end of the day linked to a local legend in Shropshire.

Jude Lennon

Hello children I'm Jude, an author and storyteller. Here are my storytelling mascots Lamby and Flossie. The whole of this year is the 2021 Livepool Year of Writing and everyone can join in with a 'Let's Write' themed day. We'll be doing lots of lovely activities.

Sue Wickstead

Sue Wickstead is a children’s author and writes children’s picture books.

Today’s day is ‘Positivity Day!’.

Sue writes books based on a real bus.

The Playbus brought play opportunities and support to families who needed it the most. The real bus ran a variety of services for families with children under five in Sussex.

Georgie Coram

My name is Georgie and I am a dancer.

Today we are going to be learning lots of different styles of dance from all around the world to celebrate International Dance Day! Make sure that you have enough space to dance around with me!

Shamima Khatun

My name is Shamima and I am a student Midwife and a children’s author. I am very excited for today’s author day and this day will involve talking about yummy vegetables and fruits. I also have some fun activities for you to come and join in with and I cannot wait!

Wendy Duncan

Hello I'm Wendy from The Sidlaw Hare. Today we are going to look at pets. We will be playing a game to identify some of my pets. We will also be learning about how we can take care of our pets. There is an activity sheet for you to print out and complete together with your child. Our next activity will be role playing at the vets. Then we are going to get creative and make some pets from paper plates.

We are going to end the day with a lovely bedtime story I have written.

Georgie Coram

My name is Georgie and I am a dancer. Today we are having a fun filled day of learning different types of skipping!

Jude Lennon

Hello children I'm Jude, and I'm an author and storyteller. Lamby and Flossie are my storytelling mascots. Today we are going to celebrate St. George's Day with you. There will be some stories, craft, dancing and eating. We hope you have fun.

You might like to dress up in red and white for the day like we have.

Jude Lennon

Hello children I'm Jude an author and storyteller. Here are my storytelling mascots Lamby and Flossie. Today we are very excited as we are sharing our brand new book 'Sir Lambalot' with you. We'll be reading the story then doing some follow up activities with Sir Lambalot and Queen Floss.

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Hello children I'm Jude an author and storyteller. Here are my storytelling mascots Lamby and Flossie. Today we are very excited as we are sharing our brand new book 'Sir Lambalot' with you. We'll be reading the story then doing some follow up activities with Sir Lambalot and Queen Floss.

Emma Mccalla John

My name is Emma and I am a teacher and an artist. Welcome to ‘Get Outdoors Day’. It’s a beautiful day today and I’m going to do some fun outdoor activities that you can join in at home.