Since N started playing tennis matches I’ve been really impressed with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). Ok, so their website is really slow, but there’s lots of information, and their customer service has been great when I’ve had problems. They really want to ensure players (and parents) have the support they need to help guide…
Dog days – children’s memories and recounting tales
Children’s memories always amaze me. Mainly about how much children remember. Selective memory only, because I’m not sure mine is that great at remembering what he might just have read. And it’s definitely audio or visual items he remembers, rather than written. That obviously makes it much harder to learn at school unless he’s been…
Christmas gift guide for sports mad children
*Includes some gifted items and affiliate links With N’s tennis I’m always on the look out for some cool tennis themed gifts. Football gifts are easy wins for our nephew (although how many footballs does one boy really need). I was sent some items for my gift guide, others are items I’ve spotted or we…
Rethinking tennis strategy – is he good enough?
It’s been a long break from playing tennis matches, although N has been lucky to play quite a bit over the summer at the tennis club. Our club have never done anything for the juniors in the past. We have a strange situation; we no longer train at the club but at a local school,…
The education and parent blogger tag
I spotted this education and parent blogger tag over on Sue Foster info, and thought I’d join in. I’ve always had opinions on education and with everything kicking off about Labour’s views on private schools (and likely grammars as well), as well as thinking about the next step of N’s education in 3 years time,…
