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Monthly Archives: February 2012
St David’s Day – Welsh Cake Recipe
It has become a tradition in my house that we make Welsh Cakes for St David’s Day. As a child in Wales St David’s Day was a big event. We would go to school dressed in traditional costume. The morning … Continue reading
Posted in early education & play, parenting
Tagged bakestone, cooking with kids, recipe, st david's day, welsh cakes
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CBeebies -Tree Fu Tom (raising awareness of dyspraxia)
We have been previewing a new CBeebies programme this week and we are very excited. Not only because the wonderful David Tennant is voicing one of the main characters but also because it is well researched and encourages children to actively participate in the story. … Continue reading
Posted in early education & play, parenting, Special Educational Needs
Tagged CBeebies, david tennant, dyspraxia, tree fu tom
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Win one of 2 Bedtime Story Collections for World Book Day
I am sure many of us have been involved in World Book Day activities, desperately trying to find an interesting costume for our children to dress up as. Luckily mine have always come up with fairly simple ideas including Pippi Longstocking and Clarice … Continue reading
Tips for feeding a baby on a car journey
Today I am featuring a guest post from Sainsbury’s Finance Blog Money Matters. My children are a little older now and feeding them in the car consists of passing around various items of packed lunch and hoping they don’t make … Continue reading
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A Song for Hungry Caterpillar Fans
Over at Science Sparks they have been having fun based on the theme of The Hungry Caterpillar. We visited Bristol Zoo this week and the butterfly house prompted lots of questions from my 3 year old. But how do the caterpillars turn … Continue reading
Posted in early education & play, music education
Tagged butterfly, children's songs, hungry caterpillar, insectlore
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Love to Learn on CBeebies
I don’t generally recommend young children learn by watching television but I am human and like the rest of us appreciate a bit of respite from time to time. Now that my 3 year old no longer naps during the day, after a busy morning at playgroup an … Continue reading
Posted in early education & play, parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged Abadas, Alphablocks, BBC, CBeebies, children, Early learning, literacy, Love to learn, Numberjacks, numeracy, Numtums, pre school, television, The Lingo Show
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AngelBerry Frozen Yoghurt Factory – Healthy Treats for Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal
There are times when I would like to take my kids somewhere fun to eat. Invariably we end up in an unhealthy fast food takeaway – and as for sweet treats, healthy options are few and far between. So when … Continue reading
Posted in review
Tagged AngelBerry, bristol, children, flavours, frozen yoghurt, grand appeal, healthy, low-fat, sweet treats, toppings, wallace and gromit
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Mums and Part-Time Work
I was interested to read today about the latest Netmums survey and campaign regarding mums and part-time work. Netmums surveyed 1600 mums who work part-time. 70% of the women surveyed chose freely to work part-time and 93% of those had worked full-time before … Continue reading
The Happiness Project
This week Kate at Kate Takes 5 has been asking the question What makes you happy? As adults this is often a difficult question to answer so Kate asked her children. She has requested that other bloggers do likewise and share their … Continue reading
