In Play and Learn you can find all kinds of activities and arts & crafts to do with the kids, as well as articles on child development and education.
Do you let your children play with bubbles? Though I love letting my kids get stuck in to some messy play, I sometimes find the thought of the inevitable cleanup just too daunting. On days like that, I often resort to our tried and tested fallback -the cleanest messy play…
Drum roll, please, for our Roald Dahl scarecrow! Every September, members of our local community are invited to make and display a scarecrow for the annual festival, and then everyone troops around all the houses looking at what we’ve all done. It is a whole heap of fun, and also…
G-man’s birthday this year happened to coincide with the release of arguably the most anticipated film of the century. Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And since we’re all big Star Wars fans here, he absolutely had to have a Star Wars party.
Scissor skills are really important for young children, yet parents can be nervous about letting their child get started. But it doesn’t need to be scary! And starting with something small and simple can help both parent and child get the hang of things really quickly. Handling scissors correctly is…
Do your kids love puddle play? There is magic in puddles that seems to call to all children. It’s a rare child who can resist the urge to stomp, splash, swish and splatter through them. Regardless of whether or not they’re wearing their wellies! It’s a well known kid-fact that…
What are treasure baskets, and how do they benefit our children? In my own experience, treasure baskets are one of the most valuable experiences we can offer our babies, so here is a brief explanation to help you get to grips with these ideas, and some practical tips on getting…
The Free-Han-Solo game is a must for any serious Star Wars Party, so we had to include it in ours. A dozen or so Star Wars figures were duly frozen in carbonite for our intrepid freedom-fighters to thaw out. Game on!
Serving up Conker Soup and Pinecone Stew Autumn is my favourite time of year. But even so there can be times when the days are grey and gloomy. At times like that, I’ll set up a pretend picnic for T-Bird and her toys. Her favourite is put together from nature…
I’m not a lover of keeping our toddler confined to her highchair during the day (though I’d absolutely LOVE it if she would last a whole night in her cot), but there are times when I need to keep our little trouble-magnet in her chair just for a short while….
T-Bird is currently unable to resist posting things at the moment, and so it seemed only fitting that I dug out G-Man’s old, handmade and now-slightly-tatty, play postbox for her to play with.