With national offer day just passed, parents and carers now know where their children will be starting their primary school journey and are preparing for their little one’s big first day! To navigate through this, we have five bundles of two books to give away – one for parents and for one kids – with a signed copy of Five Minute Mum: Time for School and a copy of The Tale of Starting School.

Following on from Five Minute Mum: Give Me Five, which became the book that everybody with young people in their life needed in 2020, Five Minute Mum: Time for School is the ultimate handbook for parents. Written by best-selling author and social media star, Daisy Upton, the book aims to make learning fun and simple, equipping your child with the things they need to know before they start school and supporting their learning from day one. A stepping stone between what happens in the classroom and what happens at home, the book is aimed at parents and is packed full of easy to set up activities, all of which incorporate Daisy’s five minute method to promote guilt free parenting. Each game makes use of objects and materials easily accessed from any household and take just five minutes to set up and five minutes to tidy up.

Five Minute Mum: Time for School is broken into chapters covering letters, numbers, phonics, as well as advice on everything else that goes with starting school. The book is designed to help children feel confident and excited about learning, as well as support parents and help them to get to grips with school life. Aiming to bring much-needed laughter to at-home education, the activities give parents and carers five minutes where they feel like they are getting it right!

The Tale of Starting School is an award-winning book designed to help children positively prepare for starting school. Using their own photographs to complete the Tale, the book familiarises children with their new school and routines before they even begin. Through the power of personalisation, the story becomes about children’s unique experience of starting school, making them easily relate to the changes ahead.

The book answers many questions children have such as; Who will my teacher be? What does my classroom look like? Where will I eat lunch? Who will take me to school and pick me up?

The completed Tale ensures that children are ready to start, ready to learn and most importantly ready to have fun and enjoy school! The book’s thoughtful design means the Tale also becomes a treasured keepsake that safely holds memories of this special time.

The Tale of Starting School and Five Minute Mum: Time for School are available to buy now.