Heath Way Book Swap

19/06/2026

This is a lovely donation if anyone’s into Lego? Would make a great activity focus for the upcoming summer holidays. It’s in the kids cupboard now:

19/06/2026

☀️ Book cupboard flanked by the two spares boxes today. Lots of great reads to choose from! ☀️

18/06/2026

Open to the public on Sunday:

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Discover Rainsbrook Valley Railway in Rugby, where fun for all ages awaits! Enjoy public ride days and plan your next party with our steam and diesel miniature locos.

13/06/2026

Current stock (Saturday 13th June), there have been lots of swaps and a sizeable donation of good kids books since I last posted, so lots of new titles to choose from this weekend:

13/06/2026

This book is great. Fabulous characters and the funniest dog ever!
100% recommend
⭐🌟⭐️🌟⭐️

05/06/2026

Ready for the weekend:

31/05/2026

Read to your baby tomorrow. Their brain is listening ❤️

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By age three, a child's brain has built most of the language pathways it will ever use. The raw material for that construction is words. Heard words. Spoken words. Repeated words.

And not all words count equally.

Research on the "word gap" found that children in language rich homes hear 30 million more words by age three than children in language poor homes. That gap predicts vocabulary size, reading readiness, and even IQ. The difference is not intelligence. It is exposure.

Here is what does not count. Television playing in the background. Arguments. Chaotic noise. The brain filters out sounds that are not directed at the child. What counts is face to face interaction. Narration of daily life. And most efficiently, reading aloud.

Five minutes of reading a day exposes a child to vocabulary they rarely hear in conversation. "Curious." "Enormous." "Whispered." Words that build the architecture for later reading comprehension.

You do not need hours. You need consistency. One board book at bedtime. One silly rhyming book in the morning. That is it.

The catch up window is real. Early intervention is more effective than later remediation. But it is never too late to start. Read to your baby tomorrow. Their brain is listening.

31/05/2026

The spare book boxes are out today - pop down and have a browse!
The weather forecast is looking like they might not be out for a couple of weeks after today, but obviously the cupboard remains open 24/7, just please replace the raincover after use! Happy reading x

24/05/2026

Spare boxes out again as it’s such beautiful weather ☀️ ☀️ ☀️!
This is the last time the spares boxes will be out for now, however the cupboard remains open 24/7 365 days a year. Please keep it tidy and replace the rain cover after use. Thank you ☺️

23/05/2026

☀️ ☀️ ☀️!
The spares boxes are out today too as the weather is so gorgeous. Why not pop down and choose a few new reads?