Reading to your children everyday can be one of those things that slips away a bit during the holidays, with more late nights and less structure to the days. New research commissioned by McDonald’s to mark its fifth Happy Readers campaign, has found that just three in ten parents read stories to their children every day. […]
Do you have a ‘Bingster’ in your midst?! Do your little ones love watching Bing? Bing and his friends are going on tour in the first ever Bing stage show! Kicking off in St Albans at the Alban Arena, Bing Live will visit 50 venues over 25 weeks from 20th June 2018. My two youngest […]
How do you teach your children about animals? Perhaps you have pets, or visit your local zoo or wildlife park? Perhaps you read about them, watch nature programmes or play with toy animals? Perhaps you are lucky enough to live around a range of animals, or perhaps you’ve taken your children on trips away and […]
Puzzles have the ability to send some parents into a frenzy. They can be bulky to store, the bits get everywhere and then what happens when you lose a piece? As much as all of these things are true, puzzles have so many benefits for child development, they are worth sticking with. Our children love […]
Homework – whether your children love or loathe it, most of them have it and it can start coming thick and fast at quite an early age. One of the things we can do as parents to help with homework and ease any pressure children might feel is to equip them with the right tools […]
How many of you speak a second language? How many of you are completely bilingual? Perhaps some of you readers speak three or more languages. I loved learning languages as a child, French was the most natural for me as we spent a significant amount of time there whilst I was growing up and that […]
From the moment we become parents we are met with comments from friends, family, professionals and random strangers regarding their views of our babies and their milestones. Little Johnny and Jemima should be smiling, sleeping through the night, rolling over, sitting up, eating solids, walking and talking by x weeks or months, otherwise it’s not […]
Does anyone else own a toddler, or multiple toddlers who are seemingly powered buy Duracell? I’m not talking about your bog standard Duracell batteries, I’m talking about those Duracell Ultra ones you can get now. The ones that make toys faster for longer and the ones they recommend for high drain devices – my little […]