Welcome to part nine of our series on “little green fingers”. It feels like a while since we did anything in the garden. We have a plum tree in the garden which didn’t fruit at all last year. This year however we noticed fruit appearing. Almost overnight, it seemed as if we ended up with […]
Little green fingers: part eight
Welcome to part eight of our series on little green fingers. Are you enjoying the garden with the children over the summer holidays? Do you know if you have hedgehogs in your garden? Did you know that choosing the right plants, shrubs and hedges could help save hedgehogs where you live? Hedgehogs are in decline […]
Little green fingers: part seven
If you have been following our ‘little green fingers’ series then you will know that this school term we have been part of a gardening club at school. One afternoon per week I have been taking the babies and meeting up with the big kids and we’ve been getting busy in the gardens at school. […]
Why staying in is better than going out
When you become a parent regular nights out can become a thing of the past. This isn’t the case for all parents of course. Some people seem to manage to continue life as before with free on tap and continuous baby sitters, in the form of family members. For the majority of us parents though, […]
Little green fingers: part six
If you have been following the blog over the last few months you might have seen our little green fingers series. The children have been busy both in the school garden and at home. I’ll be updating you on the progress in the school garden soon. We’ve had some lovely plants from Grandma recently so […]
Little green fingers: part five
If you have been following our little green fingers series you will know that, not only have the children been getting green-fingered at school but also in the garden at home. We have planted pumpkin and sunflower seeds and a range of other bedding plants over the last few weeks and the children have thoroughly […]
Little green fingers: part three
If you have been reading this series so far you will know that in part one we looked at a garden project we have been working on at school. We have been in the school garden for several weeks now and things have really changed over the last few weeks. It is starting to get […]
Taking learning outside
We seem to have had some better weather so far this week which has been nice. This has meant that I have been able to take the babies outside for their home learning sessions. We did our music and animal learning sacks outside this week which they really enjoyed and my littlest man sat beautifully […]