If you have a child under three, chances are you’ve seen Peppa Pig a few times. With it’s annoying, sorry, catchy theme tune and funny characters it’s always possible to watch the show on a few different levels. As the show has gone from strength to strength, the amount of toys and merchandise available has […]
What’s new? Toys for pre-schoolers
Toys: the good, the bad and the awful Over the years since I first became a parent I’ve seen a lot of toys. Some great, some alright and some utterly shocking ones. I’ve bought some things for the children that have lasted for years and a few things that haven’t lasted much more than five […]
Early letter and word recognition
Children’s early reading experience is critical to the development of their lifelong reading skills, and as parents it is up to us to give our children a good start. Reading to our children is a huge part of this, and reading regularly together sparks both an interest in books and reading in general, and helps […]
Indulging the Peppa Pig obsession
If you are a regular reader of the blog you might have read my parental petition to increase the length of the Peppa Pig episodes. Follow the link to sign up! Peppa, George, Dinosaur…are three popular words in our house. After reading ‘Peppa goes skiing‘ over and over again, prior to our ski trip in February […]
Parental petition: who’s with me?
This is an official petition to increase the length of each episode of Peppa Pig. Background Each Peppa Pig programme lasts approximately four minutes. FOUR MINUTES PEOPLE! How could anyone ever think that creating a show for pre-schoolers lasting four minutes was a good idea? Now, like many parents I don’t plonk my children in […]
Travel around the world with Peppa Pig
Peppa Pig features quite frequently in our home, like many I imagine. We recently took our Peppa Goes Skiing book away with us on our family skiing holiday, we read Peppa at bedtime the other night and this week we have been watching a brand new extended episode of Peppa Around the World. Now you […]
On holiday with Peppa
One of the books we took away with us on our recent ski trip was Peppa Goes Skiing. Who knew Peppa could ski? She really gets around that little pig. It’s safe to say that Peppa and George and family always go down well here and we were really pleased to learn of a brilliant […]
Peppa Pig and the gang: LIVE
So, there is a new Peppa Pig Live stage show currently on tour, PEPPA PIG’S SURPRISE. Produced by leading children’s theatre team Fiery Light, in partnership with licensor Entertainment One, this brand new show marks the seventh consecutive year of Peppa Pig live theatre tours (first tour in 2009) and the fourth Peppa Pig stage production […]