Activities for kids
New Year’s Resolutions
As we near the end of 2019, now is a great time to think about New Year’s Resolutions and encourage your children to consider what they might like to resolve to do in 2020! New Year’s Day is the traditional time to celebrate a new beginning and kids ages 7-12 are at [...]Read more
Keeping learning going at Christmas!
We’re heading towards the Christmas season, which means lots of fun and festivities – and a lot to look forward to for the kids, including the school holidays! However, it can also be tricky to keep the learning momentum going when there’s so much else going on so [...]Read more
Maths and Decluttering
This blog explores how you can encourage mathematical development whilst your child carries out household chores. We all know sometimes it can be much easier and faster to just do it ourselves. But it’s important for children to understand basic life skills, learn to be [...]Read more
Halloween maths
Halloween is a time for spooky fun with your children – trick or treats, pumpkin carving and the opportunity to dress up as their favourite creepy character. It can also be a scarily good opportunity to incorporate some maths into their play and they won’t even realise. We’ve [...]Read more
October half term activity plan
The October Half Term is creeping up on us – hasn’t the summer gone quickly?! Whilst it may feel like a week is a very short amount of time (compared to the summer holidays for example!) it can be surprisingly difficult to keep your children entertained. There’s nothing like a [...]Read more
Summer learning
It’s the school holidays and the kids are loving being out of school, long summer days and no lessons! But young brains are curious and if they’re not exercised, boredom kicks in and then you have problems. As a parent it’s time to get sneaky and find fun things to keep the kids [...]Read more
Jewellery crafts you can make at home
Jewellery can be such a great way to craft with your kids, make presents and just have fun mixing lots of materials, colours and shapes. Here are our favourites: Friendship bracelets The colourful bracelets that were all the craze in the 90s have never really gone away. [...]Read more
Summer holiday fun
The summer holidays are not far off and there will probably be delight at time off school. However, it won’t be long before either the kids complain that they’re bored, or you start to worry that they’re glued to their screens for more hours than is good for them. It can be a [...]Read more
Easter crafts
Easter is the perfect time for crafts and even better if you’re not naturally crafty, with most crafts being focused around fluffy things you can buy in the shops. Here are our favourites. Bunny cards These are super cute and simple to make. You’ll need White card Coloured card [...]Read more
Party on!
Even The Simpsons did an episode about the astonishing costs of children’s birthday parties, with Homer running around town ruining each party in a bid to bring things back down to just having a few friends round with a cake. As parents, we know the pressure to keep up with the [...]Read more
12 days of Christmas crafts
The festive season is upon us and with it comes a whole host of things you can make with the kids. We’ve put together our top 12 days of Christmas crafts. Hobbycraft sells a great bumper Christmas craft box for £5 which has everything in it you could need, but you’ll also find [...]Read more