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Characteristics of Effective Play in the EYFS

https://unsplash.com/photos/OV44gxH71DU Collaborative Post¦ We are all aware that playing is an extremely portion of healthy development during the Early Years Foundational Stage (EYFS). Not only do these activities help to … Read More

Playground ideas that require no effort

Collaborative Post¦ The great outdoors and fresh air inspire active fun. You can make outdoor activity fun by creating an enjoyable and organised space. This applies to adults, kids, and furry family members! The benefits of making the most of the outdoors are endless. There is no need for you to spend thousands of pounds or dollars to purchase expensive playground equipment either. Simple changes and small additions are enough to create excitement and fun for kids. Here are some ideas.

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Home Schooling Getting You Down? Here’s How To Get It Back Up

Collaborative Post¦ As a parent, working from home is a dream. The kids are at school and you have time to sit in the quiet, get all your work done and there are no office politics to worry about. If your children carpool with a friend or relative even better, as you don’t have to worry about the school run! The problem  this time is that you’re expected to meet your deadlines and get your work done while managing the kids at the same time. Not only that, you’re managing being a newly drafted teacher, while managing the toddler and while getting your work done! It’s a lot of things to do and if your kids aren’t in school and are at home, you need to figure out a way to manage without melting down.

It’s not easy to do, and while you can buy yourself and your other Mum friends teacher sweatshirts to mark the transition between parent and teacher, you need to make sure that homeschooling isn’t getting you down. Your children need you to feel good while you’re working with them, and they’re without their friends. So, if homeschooling is pulling you down, we have a variety of suggestions to help you to pull yourself back up again.

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A different way to choose children’s toys and gifts

Gifted¦ Choosing a present for a child can be difficult, especially if you don’t have any personal experience of a child of that particular age or gender. Of course, if you don’t have children, it can be even tougher! Then there’s the issue of forgetting birthdays… This is where Wicked Uncle comes to the rescue.

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Our second sensory room adventure

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about baby Autumn and I playing in the sensory room for the first time. Today we went back to have some more fun and do some more learning. Autumn had her jabs this morning, so the poor little thing has been grumpy all day and almost constantly grizzling. The sensory room seemed to help distract her to some extent for a while though. 

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