We've been reading this sweet Collection of Nursery Rhymes this week.  It's a lovely book with a variety of nursery rhymes that we're familiar with and ones that were new to the kids, we had a lot of fun discovering and talking about these new rhymes.  It's a really nicely bound and sturdy book that would make a...

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We love going for nature walks and collecting all sorts of fun treasures, and our favourite thing to collect lately has been acorns.  So you will be seeing a lot of acorn activities coming up, because there are just so many fun things that you can do with them.  Today, we've been using our acorns to do some...

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Sometimes mornings are just too hectic to make a proper breakfast, so I do love when we've thought ahead and made overnight oats the day before.  And as it's coming up to autumn what better to have then some yummy apple and cinnamon oats for breakfast? I always have Ethan help me when I prepare overnight oats as...

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Ethan's just finished up his time at his very first nursery to go on to preschool, a very emotional change for me but one that he is very ready for.  Of course we need to show our gratitude to his very first teachers, but on a very limited time schedule we had to come up with some simple...

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It is nearly time for the kids to go back to school and for some children it can be quite a stressful time if they don't feel confident in their abilities and their knowledge of the subjects that they're learning.  This is when having a tutor can really help to prepare your child and bring them up to...

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We are so very lucky to live in London as we get access to so many different activities and days out for the kids.  I actually still manage to miss out on loads, so I'm always reading about others suggested days out in London, but thought it was about time that we shared some of our favourite things...

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I was lucky enough to go to The Handmade Fair last year and had a lovely time exploring all of the different craft stalls with a few other crafty bloggers and getting loads of inspiration for crafts to do myself.  I'm really looking forward to going again this year! If you don't know about The Handmade Fair already,...

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We've been busy settling into our new home and making it a house to play in.  I've shown you Ivy's starry bedroom, Ethan's jungle bedroom and our playroom and now we get to give something fun away! We've got this great playmat from WOW Toys that we use in the playroom and the kids rooms as it's so...

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We've been in our new house for nearly three months now and we are absolutely loving it!  It's all coming together slowly and today I'm showing you our playroom area (the space between the kitchen and living room). Of course we have the toy storage area, which even when I wanted to photograph it couldn't be quite tidy...

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We are always looking for fun ways to work on basic skills, and what better way to practice cutting with scissors than to make a puzzle?  So now that autumn is approaching and we're thinking of all things apples, we've made a fun apple puzzle to play with! I started by cutting out a large apple shape from...

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I know that I probably shouldn't say it, but I love autumn!  Of course I'm sad that summer's over, but there's just something about all of those beautiful coloured crunchy leaves that I just can't get enough of.  And it just creates the best sensory materials for kids to really be able to explore and discover in so...

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