Denham Country Park is one of our favourite places to visit. During school holidays, they often run various activity sessions and trails for children. We’ve previously enjoyed river dipping and nature walks and were looking forward to trying out a couple of other sessions and taking part in the Halloween trail during half-term. … Read More
Making a solar oven and using the power of the sun to do some outdoor baking has been on my list of things to try with Sophie for a while. A sunny Saturday with temperatures rising to over 30˚C was the perfect opportunity to give it a try. It’s a fun science activity for children… Read More
I love craft activities that can be used as learning opportunities for children. One of the things that Sophie and I have done recently is to make a rain gauge to measure how much rain falls on rainy days. This is such a simple craft activity to do and a brilliant way of learning more… Read More
The theme for this month’s #BostikBlogger craft is ‘Back to school’. I was inspired by the letter stickers in this month’s craft box to create a fun alphabet matching puzzle game. This is perfect for a back to school craft and learning activity. You will need: A sheet of white card Patterned paper… Read More
Sophie was recently sent a butterfly growing kit by my friend Mel. She thought that Sophie would enjoy watching the caterpillars transform into butterflies and that releasing them would be a lovely way for her to remember Jessica too. The butterfly kit comes with full instructions, a voucher for ordering a cup of caterpillars,… Read More
Jessica has been learning all about measuring at school. One of her recent home learning activities was to measure different objects around the house and compare them. She had a paper measuring tape to help her with this, but measuring doesn’t have to be done with a tape measure. Today I’m sharing a guest post… Read More
