When you have got children, it can be such fun when it comes around to their birthday. There is a side of you that is crying inside at their getting older and growing up, but it is always fun to plan a party. There can be a lot to sort and organise, though. Yes, we’ve […]
Music to Relax You at the End of Another Day in Lockdown
These are challenging times for us all. The coronavirus lockdown means that many of us are confined to our homes for an unknown amount of time. If you are a parent, then there’s also the added pressure of educating your children all day, and keeping them entertained, whilst still tackling all the normal day-to-day tasks and your own job.
Noisy play: learning to make music
Music is one of those things that seems to bring people together. You only have to see the effect a particular song or ‘anthem’ has on people, or the big benefit concerts we’ve seen around the world, to know that something magical happens when music is played. All our children seem to be really musical, […]
Top 5 things to do before going to a festival
You’ve chosen which festival to go to, you’ve waited eagerly at 9am at the release date to get your hands on your tickets, you’ve squealed in glee as the ticket confirmation message pops up in your inbox … now what? There is a list of things you need to do before you’re officially ready for […]
Turn your TV into a jukebox
I love a good old fashioned jukebox, although you don’t see these very often now. Also, they are absolutely huge things and must take up a colossal amount of room. No regular home these days has room for something like that, but also the way we are with music, no regular jukebox could possibly supply […]
What Can Be Accomplished in 90 Minutes?
Unsurprisingly, football is considered the UK’s most followed sport, with stadiums attracting thousands of life-long fans every year. However, considering this season’s Premier League will last from 13th August 2016 – 21st May 2017, did you know that if you watched all 380 matches, you’d be spending 570 hours; which equates to 24 days, merely […]
Music for little people
The music from the top rated animated CBeebies TV series, Kazoops was released last week. Children’s TV producer, Cheeky Little Media, released ‘Just Imagine – Volume 1’ on 28th October. A total of 20 songs from the popular Kazoops series are included in this first album, and digital service providers will include iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, […]
All things Christmas
Like it or not Christmas is coming. We’ve had a few Christmassy things on the blog already and last week I saw the dreaded Christmas takeover in the supermarket when I dived in with the little ones to grab two things I’d missed off my online shopping order. Once the children spotted all the Christmas […]