STEAM play is an essential part of learning for young children. it stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics and as I’m sure you’ll agree, the world we live in today demands that learners are competent across all of these areas. We’ve been testing out the Connetix Tiles 62-piece starter kit in our STEAM …
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During the May half-term break, we spent a few days staying at one of the UK’s favourite theme parks, the Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire. Our accommodation was on a bed and breakfast basis (we stayed at the CBeebies Land Hotel, read our review of that here) so at dinner time on our first night, …
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Did you know that in the UK, a car is stolen every 5 minutes? (Data from FOI request to Office of National Statistics by CMA). Every. 5. Minutes. If you, like me, rely on your car then that is probably a very scary piece of information. So, how do you keep your car safe? A …
With life getting a lot more hectic recently following the Dinosaur’s leukaemia diagnosis, mealtimes have taken a bit of a battering lately. Finding the time and energy to plan meals, go to the shops and prepare and cook a healthy meal whilst juggling multiple hospital appointments for the Dinosaur and school runs, clubs and parents’ …
Since I shared on social media recently that I’ve been using an EcoEgg for my laundry, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about it so I thought I’d answer the most common ones here and share what I think about it. *Disclosure: I only recommend products I would use myself and all opinions expressed …
I’ve heard a lot about Hello Fresh but didn’t really think it was worth trying as both Daddy Dino and myself are good cooks. It seemed more suited to non-cooks but I was given a discount code to try my first box for 50% off so I thought I’d give it a go. Here is …
I was fortunate enough to go to the BlogOn Conference this year at The Coppid Beech Hotel, Bracknell. I had heard about it from some of the ladies in the Top Blog Coaching Membership: Hobby to Heyday and it sounded fantastic! I was a bit nervous about going because compared to most of the attendees, …
In my first foray back into some kind of normality I went for dinner at The Wheatsheaf Inn Magor, Monmouthshire with the family during May Bank Holiday Weekend. Having spent so much time cooped up at home I was nervous about going out but once we were out it felt wonderfully normal to stroll to …
