Articles by Mariangela Garau
I love London, whenever I go I do so much in such restricted amount of time that at the end of it I am shattered. Today we are back in Alghero and the weather couldn’t …
After the British Museum we stopped at Borders on Oxford Street and spent over an hour in the children’s section on the third level. They have good bargains at the moment, buy two and get …
We are in London for a few days; every time we come I try to do those things we don’t get to do back in Sardinia. Today we left the house just after rush hour …
Children are creatures of habit, if the habit is good I am all for it. The Ryanair flight from Alghero to London for my little boy is associated with a 100% fruit smoothie. A blended …
The transition from the highchair to the chair to join the dinner table often takes some adjustments; more often than not a child is too big for one and too small for the other. Boosters …
We are constantly making things out of paper, cardboard, plastic and anything we can find, but we often need a little help to find new ideas. I have found a great book with original suggestions …
I found a great educational toy that gives learning to read a head start. E-ru-di-tion is a board game that focuses on the sight words, the primary words children need to recognize fast in order …
Ever since we have eliminated the pram, travelling is the same old story – I’m big enough to carry my own bag syndrome – and then all of a sudden I am carrying my bag, his …
More and more children are aware of the environment around them from a very young age. Children learn best by example so if you recycle chances are that they will grow up to do it …
Children love the stars and hate to go to bed at night – at least mine does – this lamp is the perfect companion to fall asleep under the stars. The Twilight Turtle lamp projects a …
Learning to read is challenging enough, learning to read in two languages can be rather confusing especially when the two languages are completely different structurally. As I have already mentioned we live in Italy, but …
My parents came to visit at the week-end and they brought us freshly picked wild asparagus. I like them just boiled with a simple olive oil dressing with fried eggs on the side. I still …