Welcome to part eight of our series looking at things to do in the school holiday period. The rubbish weather has continued here this summer, so in between the odd bursts of sunshine we have been looking for some inside activities. The children all love dressing up and role play which has always been a […]
School holiday activities: part seven
Welcome to part seven of our school holiday activities series. What sorts of things have you been up to so far? Did you ever play with plasticine as a child? I certainly did and loved the stuff. I used to create tea party goodies for all My Little Ponies and then all the teddies would […]
School holiday activities: part six
Welcome to part six of our school holiday activities series. What have you been up to lately? We’ve been waiting for the sunshine and the hot summer days and nights to arrive and instead the heating has been on this week. We’ve battled the wind and the rain, donned the ski jackets and headed outside […]
School holiday activities: part five
Welcome to part five of our series on things to do in the school holiday. With a girl and three boys I do like to do activities that suit them all. We love to cook for example, as you will know if you are a regular reader. Sometimes though it is good to mix things […]
Family-friendly days out: part five
Welcome to the fifth in our series of articles on family-friendly days out. For the fifth installment of this series we headed to the Sea Life London Aquarium. This is located on the Southbank next to the new attraction “Shrek’s Adventure” and close to The London Eye and London Dungeons. My day was made by […]
School holiday activities: part four
School holidays create a great opportunity to improve reading skills. I wrote recently about the Summer Reading Challenge that the big kids were taking part in again this year. So far, they are enjoying reading the books they picked up at the school summer fair. They are also enjoying reading to the babies, and story time […]
School holiday activities: part two
Welcome to part two of our series on things to do in the school holidays. With a long school holiday ahead, I always think it can be nice for the children to have a project to work on. Last summer they took on a reading challenge and they have asked to do that again this […]
School holiday activities: part one
I don’t know about you but it would be lovely if every day of the school holidays was like this. There are always so many more options when the weather is nice. Sadly, as anyone who has lived in the UK any length of time will know, that is never the case. I guess that’s […]