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8 Art activities to try – for 3-5yrs
Drawing for children is a real creative experiment. Children see the world around them and try to convey it in the picture. To make creative lessons as interesting as possible for children, use different drawing methods, experiment with techniques and improvise. At 3-5 years old, it doesn’t all have to be finger paints – use pencils, sponges, brushes, wax crayons, foam swabs and even fruits and vegetables.
5 Creative Indoor Activities for Cold Winter Days
With access to any kind of gadget imaginable, it is hard for parents to find fun indoor activities that don’t involve screen time for their kids. We all know that keeping your highly energetic kids inside will result in an inevitable chaos. Which is why, we put together a list of boredom-fighting, creative indoor activities that will keep the kids occupied, without using tons of supplies.
7 Activities You Can Try To Get Kids in the Christmas Spirit
The Christmas season is near, and it’s time for you to plan something exciting with your family and kids. However, the options to do something exciting during the holidays can get overwhelming and of course, expensive.
Christmas Gift Guide 2022
If you are a regular reader of the blog you will know I said recently that I thought people in general seemed more open to hearing the word ‘Christmas’ earlier this year. Everyone is trying to plan ahead, make savings and generally spread the cost of Christmas alongside all the general rise in the cost of living. I know I’ve bought a few things already and popped them away, which is quite a bit earlier than I normally would do.
Managing the Motherload
The Motherload is all the thinking and all the doing of all the things that seem to come with motherhood. The Motherload is none of those things you read about in your baby book or you Prima Baby Magazine (anyone else?), it’s nothing you could have especially been prepared for, and it’s not something that magically vanishes as your children grow up – if anything, it accelerates and becomes even more weighty.
Clear Out Your Children’s Old Things Without Stress
It’s no secret that children can accumulate a lot of stuff, and there’s no mystery as to why it happens. Some of it might be necessary and some of it might not be, but it can all start to pile up and take over your home. At some point, you need to sort through it all and decide what can stay and what needs to go – but when you have your children looking over your shoulder and your own feelings to deal with, it’s not always so easy to clear out their old things.
Gift ideas for dinosaur lovers
Are you looking for gift ideas for the dinosaur lover in your life? Whether it’s for a birthday or Christmas, there are tons of wonderful dinosaur gifts out there to choose from, for children of all ages.
Tips for choosing a nursery for your child
My oldest two children both went to nursey full time. My youngest two just did one day a week as I had changed my work arrangements by the time they arrived to try and balance the needs of my family and the need to work. However, at some point they have all been to a day nursery, so I have summarised my top tips here for choosing a nursery. I hope they will be helpful if this is a stage you find yourself at.