Five Ways To Bond With Your Five Year Old
I’ve written at length about my struggles during Caterpillar’s early days and what I found useful when it came to bonding with him as a small baby. Today I want to share more about our…
Tag: primary school
Five Favourite Toys For 4-5 Year Olds
Following my son’s 5th birthday last month I’m continuing my tradition of sharing our favourite toys, games & activities, this time for 4 year olds. Please share your own favourites in the comments below. Lego…
Creative Kids: Kids Home Made Easter Card Craft
Welcome back to Creative Kids – where I share guest bloggers and the art, craft & messy play activities they get up to with their kids. This week we have a lovely Easter activity from Rachael at Lukeosaurus…
Baseline Testing – Should Our Four Year Olds Be Sitting Exams?
The UK government wants to introduce baseline testing; an initiative that requires children to take a formal test at the very start of their school careers, as they join Reception, to establish their academic ability…
Creative Kids: My Toddler’s Favourite Things To Do
Welcome back to Creative Kids – where I share guest bloggers and their favourite arty & crafty activities. This week Kerry at Mummy Thomas Blog is sharing her daughter’s favourites… She loves playing with her Disney princesses. I…
Unexpected Questions By Gemma Hall at Mummy’s Waisted
You may recall Gemma Hall at Mummy’s Waisted last week shared her dinosaur crafts for our Creative Kids series. I’m delighted she is back this week to share one of her trickiest parenting challenges for My…
Creative Kids: Dinosaur Crafts
Welcome back to our Creative Kids feature! Every week I share a new post from a guest blogger relating to how we can get creative, arty or messy with our little ones. This week I’m really pleased to be…
Creativity With Special Needs Kids
Welcome back to our Creative Kids feature! Every week I share a new post from a guest blogger relating to how we can get creative, arty or messy with our little ones. This week I’m really pleased to be…
Creative Kids: Is Creativity Beneficial For Children?
Welcome to the first Creative Kids post of 2018! Regular readers will know I’m a huge advocate for the benefits of creativity for both children and adults alike so today I’m really happy to be sharing this fab…
Creative Kids: How Messy Play can Benefit Toddlers’ Language
Welcome to the final Creative Kids post of 2017! Caterpillar and I have been big messy plans since he was tiny so I’m really to share this post from Jenny at Rabbit Ideas. ‘Messy play’- this phrase seems to…