I love Julia Donaldson and the A squash and a Squeeze book is always a favourite amongst my kids. So, inspired by her fabulous books I have created this fun and educational tray activity, which includes some toy animals and a dolls house to represent the characters in the book. It's a great activity to encourage children to be creative.
Playing with duplo blocks is a creative way to learn a variety of new skills like addition and subtraction! Your child will love the vibrant colours and bold shapes of duplo blocks, which make them perfect for any learning environment. Maths isn’t always the most exciting subject for kids. To make it more appealing for them, they need to have fun while learning. Here is my top list of...
I think it's hard sometimes for dads when the mum is so integral and such a big part of their children's lives, understandably so. The thing that makes mums so wonderful is the amount of time they spend with their children. They are everything to them. But on the flip side of that sometimes this leaves you as a dad, not feeling left out but perhaps feeling less valuable.
We don’t mind a messy painting activity in our house, but there are some times when I really don’t fancy having to hose down the children and kitchen after a painting session. This painting activity is a much quicker activity for children to do if you’re short of time (but it can take a bit longer to set up) and creates hardly any mess at all. The magic ingredient of this activity, which...
The “Cross the River” game has been one of the biggest hits for both my children during lockdown.
It’s an activity that we were given by my daughter’s pre-school and it is super easy, needs no real other equipment, can be adapted really easily and teaches the children lots of skills whilst they are having fun! What’s not to love!
After lots of homeschooling over the last year, I have been looking at different ways to make learning more fun. Painting is always a go-to activity for me as you can adapt it in so many ways and sneak in lots of learning opportunities. Today’s painting activity involves learning all about letters and letter formation.
This painting activity is so much fun and teaches children all about symmetry!
What you need:
Butterfly shapes cut out. I find it easiest to fold a piece of paper in half, then draw one half of the butterfly from the fold. When you then cut it out you will have a perfectly symmetrical butterfly.
My four year old is a bit obsessed with rainbows recently, I think it started with us supporting the NHS by filling our windows with pictures of rainbows at the start of the pandemic! This skittles activity is a great, quick activity that will entertain them and teach them a bit about science at the same time.
This is my go to activity on sunny days when the children need a bit of extra stimulation but I haven’t set anything up and don’t want a big tidy up job afterwards.
All you need is a paintbrush and a pot of water, that’s it! Then tell the children that they can go and paint anything out in the garden. They may want to paint pictures on the patio, or pretend to...
By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.
Sadly the number of hedgehogs in the UK has plummeted over recent years. While there were estimated to be around 1.5 million in 1995, today there is believed to be less than 500,000.
Hedgehogs need homes just like humans, so making one for them is a...
