With the exception of the handful of people in this world who seem to have everything going their way all of the time, we all have those days, weeks, months and years when everything just seems to go wrong. Bad things happen. They happen all the time and we have to deal with these things […]
Developing gymnastics skills
Gymnastics has always been something the children have been interested in, attending lessons once a week since the age of three. With so many other things on during the week and other sports taking priority though, the children haven’t been able to develop their gymnastics skills as well as they would have liked. However, they […]
Christmas gift guide: part seventeen
Welcome to part seventeen of our ‘Christmas Gift Guide’. It feels as if we are well on our way towards Christmas now with shopping well and truly underway, a bit of wrapping done and Christmas play rehearsals at school started. Are you looking for stocking filler ideas? Something a bit different perhaps? Something in-keeping with […]
Christmas reads with the children
I love a good Christmas story. I try to make sure we have a few new ones to read together during December and the elves always pop one in the Christmas Eve Box as well. We are huge Julia Donaldson fans in our house and only today were out hunting for the Gruffalo. The Christmas […]
We’re going on a nature trail: part three
Welcome to part three of our series on “we’re going on a nature trail”. I think it is great when a good book inspires you to do something. Really great children’s books are those that capture the imagination effortlessly and inspire children in some way. We have recently read a charming book called Wildlife Jack […]
Kids Don’t Come With A Manual
Isn’t that the truth… I have talked about this a lot over the years when delivering training to health, education and social care providers. If you are a childcare professional you have to have certain qualifications, yet two people (they don’t even have to know each other) can get together and have a baby! We […]