This Mini Creation is a treasure chest made by Helen, aged five. What you can’t see on the top is a key hole where the chest can be locked tightly shut. Despite it being the school holidays, we decided we needed to do some writing practice and the text we wrote is the treasure currently hidden
I’ve just read a fascinating post by the author Kate Figes on the spangly new mumsanddadsnet.com blog. In the post, Figes argues that mums should back off a little and let dads take on more parenting responsibility. Figes states that she felt under huge pressure to be the perfect mother when she had her first
I reacted with horror when I read the details of Ofsted’s first ever Early Years Annual report. You may very have seen it reported in the news because the author, Ofsted Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw proposed that two year olds should receive some form of formal schooling. It is only fair that I put
Having a day at the races is always appealing, but it’s not something I would ever have considered doing with the children. I was therefore delighted to hear that Ascot racecourse runs several “family days” each year. Not only are these days out great entertainment for the family, but they can represent surprisingly good value
Have you ever made a Easter egg? No? Until yesterday I hadn’t either. Having done it I can tell you it is remarkably easy, if a little fiddly in places. The challenge to make some eggs was set by those lovely people at specialist Devon holiday website stayindevon.co.uk. The team kindly sent us a Choc
