Fun and games at House of Marbles
Like marbles and want to reminisce, then House of Marbles in Devon might be the place for you, and your children. There’s also a great play area
Play & Learn
Everything about activities – playing and learning, new and old activities
Children’s science ideas at Banbury Museum
Enjoying children’s science experiments at Banbury Museum open session
Learning by quiz with Brain Factor
I’m all for getting N to do learn, although he’s not that keen on sitting down for a length of time and focused learning. Anything that’s in bitesize fun pieces works much better, especially if they grow with him. We…
Learning and exploring with Lego
Who doesn’t love Lego? It’s usually a part of everyone’s childhood, and N’s just progressing from Duplo to proper Lego. Unlike when we were children, there’s now massive ranges of Lego, and more options for different age ranges. I’m all…
Learn to fasten with Zip It by Patricia Hegarty
I was looking forward to receiving this Zip It hardback book from Little Tiger Press, written by Patricia Hegarty and illustrated by Fhiona Galloway. While it looks like a book for younger children, it’s aimed at 3-6 year olds, with…
Metal detecting on the farm
Metal detecting’s not something I’ve ever really been interested in doing, although in the past I’ve always seen metal detector toys at Christmas and thought what good presents they’d make for our nephews and niece. But my brother’s really got…
An introduction to Flashsticks – learning Spanish
I’d love to be fluent in another language. After 7 years of French at school (at GCSE I found it easy, but A level traumatised me forever!), and a fleeting couple of years doing Spanish, my verbal language skills are…
- Crafts | Play & Learn | Reviews | Seasonal
Exploring Chinese New Year with Weekend Box
I’m a bit of a slack crafter. I love doing crafts (cards, jewellery, crochet) but actually getting something out and thinking of it from scratch isn’t my forte. As for children’s crafts? Well, let’s just say that Weekend Boxes come…
Farming toys and nature or nuture?
Obviously, living on a farm means that N is obsessed with farms. He watches Tractor Ted, knows more than me about different farming vehicles and what they do (admittedly not hard), and is gradually building up his collection of farming…
- Music | Play & Learn | Reviews | Toy reviews
Music to my ears – independent boutiques brought together by Streethub
*Ad – gifted As I’ve often said, I’m trying to build up a collection of instruments for N, and engage him to have an interest or at least understanding of different types of music. So when I had the opportunity…
Frost doesn’t stop play – swings and trampoline
I should know by now that nothing would stop N from going outside to play, but I’m still astounded at how little he appears to feel the cold. It just shows it’s true how there’s no bad weather, only inappropriate…