This is a fun activity which enables even the youngest of children to create Christmas pictures easily. What do you need? Masking Tape Paints Paper How do you make them? 1.Either mask out the Shapes yourself using masking tape on paper, or if the child is able- encourage […]
Here’s a really simple, Christmas Craft Activity for young children. Fantastic for developing fine motor skills and getting children to think creatively. What do you need? Lollipop Sticks– we used colourful ones, but plain ones would work just as well and you could get the children painting them […]
STEM toys or STEAM toys as it’s more recently been named, are toys that help children develops their skills and understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths. There’s a whole range of wonderful STEM toys available. Here’s some of our favourites this year, that we’ve thoroughly tried […]
If you’re keen to introduce a few Halloween activities to young children either at home or at your nursery/school or preschool, but like me..don’t want to scare them at all, then have a look at our top 3 Halloween Activities for Young Kids. Also fantastic for any Halloween […]
Children love collecting conkers…but what can you do with them once you’ve got them home? What conker crafts activities can you do with young children? Here are our favourites…all you need is a few craft materials, glue and a bit of imagination! 1. Conker Monster 2. Conker Man […]
Debbie from Squidgydoodle kindly wrote this guest post for us, to share her advice for flying with Kids. —- Does the thought of flying with kids fill you with dread? Do you have visions of your child being the child that screams for the whole flight? Refuses to […]
Here’s our Top Ten books for young children all about Aeroplanes! If you’re looking for children’s books on another topic- have a look what else we’ve covered here. 1. Rosie Revere, Engineer This is the second time that we’ve featured this book in one of our ‘Top Ten’ lists […]
A few weeks ago a friend was talking to my children about Goldilocks and the Three Bears and was met with a blank face from my kids. I realised that I’d been focusing so much on choosing new and exciting bed time stories for them, that id forgotten […]
