How We Choose our Baby Names
Baby name books are one of the most popular gifts for parents-to-be, but how much [...]
Oct
Memory Card Game
Christopher Louis Pelman, a British psychologist of early 20th century, devised a game called the [...]
Sep
Snap- and Why It’s Still Everyone’s Favourite Card Game
Card games have been around since the last century and it doesn’t look like they’ll [...]
Sep
What is Coding and Why is it Taught at Preschool?
Has your toddler come home from Preschool talking about coding? Just what is coding and [...]
Sep
That Stiff Upper British Lip at it’s best…
Around the world British humour is well known. That stiff upper lip that encompasses most [...]
Sep
How Much Screen Time is Too Much Screen Time?
There’s a debate that’s been brewing for a while now over traditional games v technology [...]
Sep
Back to School
As the Summer Holidays fade away it’s the start of a new school year, and [...]
Aug
5 of the World’s Best Children’s Libraries
We love a library and with the UK faced with multiple closures it’s important we [...]
Aug
The World’s Craziest Races
Is it that some people have way too much time on their hands, or that [...]
Jul
Keep Cool In a Heatwave
Who would’ve thought we would be writing about heatwaves in July in the UK. It [...]
Jul
How to Encourage a Child to Read
Recent studies have show that reading for pleasure is more important to a child’s educational [...]
Jun
The Reason For Rhyme
What is the reason for rhyme? it’s quite simple, it’s fun to read and fun [...]
Jun
Dad’s Memory Book (just in case!)
Mum decided that for Dad’s 80th she wanted to do a memory book for him, [...]
Jun
Turning Teenager Birthday Party.
Had been fretting about this party for weeks. Okay maybe not as ‘fretty’ as I [...]
Jun
Top 10 Things Kids Want from Parents.
As a new parent it’s so hard to know what kids want. It’s hard to [...]
May
Moles and how NOT to get rid of them.
Last years freshly laid lawn, didn’t last long, due to the effects of our Summer [...]
Mar
100 years of Ladybird books
In 2015 we marked the 100 year anniversary of Ladybird Books. I learned to read [...]
Feb
Who Said Swimming is Fun?
There are many activities that I adore to do with my children and now grandchild [...]
Feb
Lunch Box Ideas, That Aren’t Sandwiches!
I know, every morning it’s the same thing. The bleary eyed lean on the open [...]
Jan
Avocado salads- nutritious and delicious
There’s a bit of a debate about avocados- are they healthy or are they not? [...]
Apr
10 Most Common Superstitions
As someone who was brought up in a house ruled by superstitions it was inevitable [...]
Sep
Some of our favourite jokes
Q: What do you call a fake noodle? A: An Impasta Q- What do you [...]
Sep
Which vegetables are in season?
You can put pretty much any vegetable in a salad, so it’s nice to try [...]
Aug
Crazy Avocado Salad
You can put pretty much any vegetable in a salad so it’s nice to try [...]
Jul
BBQ Left overs salad
How many of you will have a Barbecue this Summer? Don’t forget to put [...]
Jul
Top 10 Richest Songs of All time
If I was to guess the Top 10 biggest money making songs of All Time [...]
Jul
No more boring packed lunches.
It’s the one thing every parent dreads to hear- “Mum, can I have packed lunch [...]
Jul
