A cassette player or a Sylvanian House just isn’t going to cut the mustard when it comes to kids’ Christmas gifts anymore. Long gone are the 80’s and 90’s! All our cute and simple toys have been replaced by flying drones, awesome apps, smart technology and high-tech sound. Even if you have a touch of […]
Children’s early reading experience is critical to the development of their lifelong reading skills, and as parents it is up to us to give our children a good start. Reading to our children is a huge part of this, and reading regularly together sparks both an interest in books and reading in general, and helps […]
We recently visited Blackpool Zoo. If you haven’t been I really recommend it. We didn’t have long, but we’ll certainly head back and dedicate a whole day to it as there was so much to see and do and of course tons of learning opportunities. There were loads of amazing animals and the children loved […]
If you are a parent of girls, you might well be familiar with with Shopkins. If you were waiting for an equivalent aimed more at boys then the wait is over! Welcome to the Yucky Mart, it’s the one stop shop for grossness! OK, so not all boys love all things gross, but many do, […]
We were very excited recently to party with the Go Jetters. If you aren’t familiar with the Go Jetters, they are the latest addition to the CBeebies family of shows. You meet four adventure-seeking superhero Go Jetters as they explore places all around planet Earth. We hosted a Go Jetters party where we took part in […]
If you are a regular reader of the blog, you might have noticed that we are holding a #GoJettersGo party this week. You can join in with the fun on twitter and win prizes. If you aren’t familiar with Go Jetters, it’s a super new programme with a catchy theme tune on CBeebies, that little ones love. If […]
If you are a regular reader of the blog you might have read my parental petition to increase the length of the Peppa Pig episodes. Follow the link to sign up! Peppa, George, Dinosaur…are three popular words in our house. After reading ‘Peppa goes skiing‘ over and over again, prior to our ski trip in February […]
Back in March of this year we introduced you to Num Noms, now Num Noms Series 2 has been released. The deliciously smelling, sell out, collectable toys are back with brand new scents including savoury flavours such as Becca Bacon, Margo Rita and Hammy Burger, complete with a frying pan! With even more characters to add […]