5 Fun & Educational Online Websites for Kids

Learning doesn’t need to be boring, and playing games online doesn’t have to be a waste of time. If you’re worried about your little darlings wasting their hours on the web with little educational merit, we’ve found a few great compromises for kids in KS1 and KS2. The internet can be a brilliant learning resource… Read more »

10 Ways to Use Nature for Kids Play

1. Leaf Collage Collect different leaves from the garden or on a walk to the park.  Lay out some sheets of paper, and get sticking!  Overlap, paint with glitter, cut them into shapes…do whatever you like with them!  You can also paint a trunk onto the middle of the paper, and then use the leaves… Read more »

10 DIY Paint and Play Dough Recipes 

All kids love messy crafts, but it’s inevitable that their curiosity will get to them eventually…and they’ll try to eat it!  By making your own paint and play dough from natural ingredients, you don’t have to worry about nasty chemicals.  You’ll also save money by whipping up batches of your own paint and play dough! … Read more »

5 Great Rainy Day Activities for Kids

Even though Spring is supposed to be here, the British Weather is as unpredictable as always with Rain around every corner. It can be hard to find new and inventive ways to keep the kids entertained on these days.  With a little ‘Blue Peter’ style imagination, you can keep the kids happy and entertained on… Read more »

Top 3 Children’s Books: Then & Now

Ah the good old days. None of the modern rubbish out there these days is ever quite as good, is it? It’s easy to get nostalgic about our childhoods. After all, community was stronger, music was better, even the children’s books we read were more magical. Or were they? Here we stack up 2014’s kids’… Read more »

Technology for Kids – How Young is Too Young?

Source These days even the teeniest tots seem to have touchscreens and school-age little squirts all seem to come equipped with smartphones. If your young ‘un is pestering you for a handset all of their very own, or needs a laptop to keep up with homework, how do you know when to let your kids… Read more »