Lately, it feels like every other story in the news has been about some kind of horrific crime or accident involving a child… Like this?Read more… Recommended by the

It’s been a fairly ordinary week – dominated by the relentless routine of life, spiced up with a dash of lying (don’t ask) and a pinch of pride as both girls are in the school Achievers Assembly this week – much to the joy of Little Miss Sunshine in particular who couldn’t stop smiling at [...]

We’ve survived another set of exams! O hope our advice can help you do the same! Like this?Read more… Recommended by KEYNKO – A CRAFTY FAMILY

My son’s school runs after-school clubs for various subjects and activities every day of the week. His week is pretty hectic, but I think it’s important for him to engage in other activities at school – it broadens his interests and his skills. With that on mind we enrolled him in a few after-school clubs, [...]

This week we have continued our painting fun and also combined this with becoming more familiar with letters. We are starting with the letter A. Firsty I printed out a sheet of paper showing a large capital letter A, a lower case A and a picture of an apple. I placed this together with other [...]

Dissolving egg shells should be on every child’s to do list. In fact it should be on every parents to do list if you haven’t done it yet! It’s a great visual and tactile experiment to do at home and there are quite a few things that you can talk about with the kids. Like this?Read more… [...]

It must be really hard being a SENCo (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) at a Primary School. On top of your normal teaching and management responsibilities you have the responsibility of overseeing the care of a collection of children who specialise in being as un-straightforward as they possibly can. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Cheetahs In [...]

The dynamic of my extended family changed for good about two weeks ago when my 14 year old brother experienced a life-changing event. Nothing too dramatic for the rest of the human race but for a teenager, it was the end of the world as he knew it. For the rest of the family, it [...]

“Hello? Is that John Lewis? Can I book an appointment to consider my buggy options with you? And do you sell those newborn baby baths-that-are-really-just-a-bucket in an array of colours depending on the outcome of my child? What? You don’t recommend visiting before I’m actually pregnant? Oh. Oh, well I’ll call back tomorrow, I’m ovulating [...]

“When I was young, Weetabix came in eight different shapes.” “Before they can fight, superheroes have to pick out all the noises their punches and kicks will make.” “One in ten fish are afraid of water.” Now I know that lying to children is wrong, but sometimes it’s fun, and sometimes it’s rather productive! … [...]

Emmy is now entitled to 5 free pre-school sessions – a whole 15 hours of pre-school and this makes me very sad and happy at the same time. Conflicting emotions have plagued me this week, I’ve been happy, sad, over whelmed and a little worried all at the same time. Now I know Emmy loves [...]

ReecE=MC² This week we received a letter from my son’s school informing us that he had been chosen to join the Pupil Enrichment Programme for maths – a course for gifted and high motivated pupils. My son! Gifted! I was beside myself with pride. We always knew he was good at maths, but THAT good? [...]

The first thing that came to mind when I heard Michael Gove’s ramblings about longer school days and shorter school holidays was, “has the man got in a muddle? Is he confusing school with childcare?” Like this?Read more… Recommended by MotherWifeMe

Water beads are amazing crystals that absorb up to 400 times their weight in water and increase in size by. They will then shrink again as they loose water to the surrounding environment. This makes them a fantastic visual material to show children absorption and expansion. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Blue Bear Wood

Today I have my violin lesson, followed by my swimming lesson. I will have to make sure I brush my hair really well after swimming, ready for my school photo. I definitely cannot afford to mislay anything en route to the pool, or Mummy will never let me hear the end of it! Like this?Read [...]

Colour theory with a science experiment Like this?Read more… Recommended by Red Ted Art

Exploring Toads and tadpoles Like this?Read more… Recommended by Red Ted Art

How old is a tree? Science at Home made easy Like this?Read more… Recommended by Red Ted Art

A simple play-based learning game for toddlers and pre-schoolers to aid number recognition using beads and pipe-cleaners. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Mum of One

The Wolves in the Walls is an edgy graphic novel in picture book form, with illustrations from McKean. The narrative is simple. The illustration deep, a Picassoesque family and wolves so grotesquely violent they would scare the sturdiest of Year 6s even if you turned the pages very, very fast. Wolves in the WallsThere are [...]