When I learnt to ride a bike over 30 years ago now, things were a little different to how they are these days. My dad taught me to ride my bike down the side of our house. It was a hill, OK a slope, down to a busy corner, maybe it just felt like a hill […]
Giving gifts to your children can bring a lot of joy to both of you. Seeing their happy little faces after presenting them with something they like can create feelings that you just can’t beat! However, showering your children with too many gifts can spoil them if you’re not careful, and make the ‘special’ less […]
With two big kids and two babies I always think it’s important to try and carve out separate time for the little ones and big ones, as much as they enjoy being together it’s good to distinguish sometimes. One way to get a bit of big kid time is by playing games. We have lots […]
Welcome to part nine in our series of encouraging active children. Whilst we advocate keeping active all year round both indoor and outdoor, many people do find it easier to stay active during the warmer weather and therefore find it easier to encourage this in their children also during the spring and summer months . […]
Music can be so powerful because it can make you feel a particular way. There are songs that make us feel sad, songs that make us feel happy, songs that make us feel determined, songs that make us want to dance, songs we can’t help but sing along to and so on. Music is clever […]
I don’t know about you but we can’t seem to move very far without having to take half the contents of the playroom with us. There are toys that the children insist go in the bath with them, some that sometimes have to sit and watch the children eat their lunch, some that have to […]
Do you remember Spirograph? Did you ever have one as a child? I remember a friend buying me one for a birthday gift one year and I loved it. The good news is these kits are still around and they are better than ever. These are a classic way to create amazing designs BUT these […]
Trying to keep children’s toys clean can be really hard work. The toys I find the hardest to clean tend to be bath toys as they get grubby really quickly and the squirty toys are especially hard to keep clean, as they can quickly get full of black, gungy grime. Making sure that you squirt […]