Frances Mackay Children's Author

We purchased two of Frances Mackay's activity books in the same order:
1) My Feelings Activity Book
As a teacher, I can see how many of the pages could be used in a school setting to help students process their feelings and to encourage them to have a positive/healthy mindset about themselves and their learning. Many pages are designed to be copied, so that the craft activity (such as making a card/ creating puppets/ cutting out and gluing together a positive thoughts dice) can be undertaken. This allows multiple students to benefit from the resource.

As a parent, I think this is a perfect gift for a child whose main priority in an activity book is colouring in, drawing and crafts. There are many pages where children can colour in positive affirmation statements, and this is balanced with the educational content in the writing tasks.

2) Dinosaur Activity Book:
The dot to dot pages and a variety of puzzles (mazes/ word search etc) accompany great facts about dinosaurs for children to read and apply. This book is also filled with lots of great colouring in and drawing opportunities alongside tasks requiring problem-solving applications across the various school subject areas. Immediately, I was drawn to this book because it looked like so much fun and encouraged mindfulness alongside the dynamic educational content! Highly recommend this, especially for those kids who can't resist the allure of the dinosaur era!

We now have a collection of this author's work (story books and activity books), which in itself is the highest form of recommendation. We will continue to look out for future stories and resources to utilise.