activities

Have your kids been looking for a new sport or hobby? Katie Allen-Clarke from Horse & Country reveals how horse riding can not only benefit your child’s physical health but also aid their learning and development.

It’s important for everyone to have hobbies and sports that they’re passionate about, but even more so for children, as they are still developing their interpersonal skills and...

With school holidays kicking off this weekend, and reports noting that kids will reach peak summer holiday boredom by 12th August, HARIBO is here to the rescue with a brand-new fun, fuss-free recipe to keep the kids occupied . What’s better than eating your favourite HARIBOs right out the packet in front of the TV? Cooking with them!

The recipe is no-bake and kid-friendly , so you...

My children loved the Disney film Encanto, so I decided to make an activity using the characters today.

We have an Encanto busy book, which has all the main characters, which were the perfect size for me to use.

I followed the storyline from the film, where Mirabel was looking for her long-lost uncle, Bruno. I used our doll's house as the family home in the film and this is where the...

As many of our regular readers will know, my two little ones LOVE ice play! So will the weather being so nice we have been doing lots more of it!

My daughter loves the Disney Frozen film, so we decided to combine one of our favourite activity ideas with our favourite characters.

I tried to make this one a bit different by freezing the characters in bigger Tupperware...

With the King’s Coronation just around the corner, we have some great suggestions to inspire your little ones to celebrate the historic event.

From engaging books to crafts and games, little ones can truly enjoy all things royal this spring!

The Kings Crown | RRP:£7.99 |

Ladybird is thrilled to launch a new interactive lift-the-flap adventure book to help little one’s join...

If you love chocolate then this is definitely the Easter treat for you!

We made a simple chocolate cornflake cake mixture , then we added some sprinkles and crushed mini eggs.

We found these great Easter egg moulds @hobbycrafthq which we poured melted chocolate into, then put in the fridge to set.

Once the chocolate eggs were set we carefully removed them from the...

My son loves cars so we try to include them in lots of our learning activities. For this activity we are learning about counting and measuring.

For this activity you need :

• Different sized cars, we used a variety from big trucks to little sports cars
• Lego blocks, the smaller bricks are better as you will use more and encourage them to count more.
• Paper
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STUDY REVEALS LINK BETWEEN SCREEN TIME AND ‘WEAK COMMUNICATION SKILLS’ FOR KIDS - BUT OUTDOOR PLAY IS THE ANSWER

GO Outdoors is encouraging families to step outside this spring, as outdoor play can reduce the negative impacts of screen time on children by 20 per cent

Children who have lots of screen time are more likely to have poor communication skills, according to new research -...

The Tiger who came to Tea is such a lovely book, which we love reading at bedtime. As my children love it so much, I used it to make a tuff tray activity.

I had to be quite resourceful to create this tray and dipped into lots of different toy boxes to get all the characters, but it was well worth it for the fun we had.

What you need for your tuff tray:

• Sophie character •...

Over the half term recently we have had lots of play dates with friends, where normally someone either provides us with food or we bring our own lunch boxes. But this half term we came up with a much more fun way to provide the food!

Whilst scrolling through TikTok I found a new trend where people come to parties with a different platter, each with a colour theme of food! Most of...