Things that are to do with the life of a family. Including discussions, home, education, clothing, shoes, etc
Over at The National Trust you can find 50 things to do before you are 11 3/4s – here is Number 46 = Outdoors Rock Climbing. There are many benefits to getting children outdoors rock climbing – and these days you can get them lessons from as young as three years old, with harnesses to ensure safety. Here … Read more
I first heard of the game Halo when someone died from playing it. The 20 year old, Chris Staniforth, had developed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and died of a lung blockage – as he was spending too much time playing the game on his Xbox 360. Of course, this could be argued that it wasn’t … Read more
Personalised children’s chart website, KiddyCharts found in a new survey that over 83% of parents admit to bribing their kids to help deal with bad behaviour. Are we really just giving into our children’s demands? 83.1% admitted to bribing their children with anything from extra time at the computer, to handing over sweets and chocolates. Is it … Read more
A ban on packed lunches was never going to be popular with parents. Generally, I don’t think we liked to be told that what we are doing is wrong, that we are somehow stupid and don’t know how to look after our own children. But now Nick Clegg has announced a free school meals policy … Read more
We really did have a busy summer, so much so that I’d promised my 5 year old that we would make cakes. He asked and asked and asked, because our days were so full and they were already going to bed quiet late. But one evening he got his wish (and ended up in bed … Read more
Whilst you don’t want to believe that all kids with Aspergers are geniuses at Maths mine isn’t going to be one to break the rule. He started by being in higher Maths sets with the older year groups in juniors, was one of 2 children to be picked to represent his grammar school in the … Read more
Education doesn’t have to mean that it is something academic. It’s about knowledge, skills and habits being passed down from one generation to the next, or from person to person. In fact practical learning is more effective, especially if it is of interest to the individual. Therefore, I thought that this week I would share … Read more
Now we are back at school it’s all party, party, party. We have had 3 invites for this weekend alone! Each of our children is born in a different season, so there’s always a birthday coming up for us to think about too. Regular readers, and those that know me, may know that my boys … Read more
We have had some lovely weather this year haven’t we. Long may this continue into the summer. Or maybe you wish to get away in the Winter. Now thanks to the return of the £9.50 Sun Holidays it doesn’t have to break the bank to get away – even over the Half-Term break AND the … Read more
Following on from our previous experiment about Germination, we decided to investigate whether things would float or sink. My little boy just going into Year 1 is very bright and inquisitive and just kept asking about things. I thought it would be a great way to see how much they learned and remembered from the … Read more