Fabric upcycle: make a chicken door stop
September 11, 2014 – 5:55 am | No Comment

To make this chicken door stop I used the template kindly offered by Bake and Sew. I adjusted the sizes in mine to make it a little larger by adding 4 cm on each …

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Green Start: a series of earth friendly books good for the kids and for the planet
July 8, 2010 – 3:38 am | No Comment
Green Start: a series of earth friendly books good for the kids and for the planet

I have written about Innovative Kids’ books before as I am an admirer of the quality of information their books are able to communicate to children through simple and entertaining stories. Green Start is a …

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Useful iPhone Apps: Tales2Go Streams Audio Books on Demand
July 1, 2010 – 2:58 am | No Comment
Useful iPhone Apps: Tales2Go Streams Audio Books on Demand

Children stories are now available on demand through your iPhone or iPod Touch. Tales2Go offer a yearly subscription to access thousands of titles to entertain kids on the go.  Their already well stocked library is …

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2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Activity Book
June 11, 2010 – 6:07 am | No Comment
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Activity Book

After a long wait the World Cup finally kicks off today in South Africa. We are all set to watch and with two teams to support it is bound to be exciting! England and Italy …

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Alternative ABCs for rock kids and parents
June 4, 2010 – 1:24 am | One Comment
Alternative ABCs for rock kids and parents

I have just received the Alternative ABCs board book published by Ammo Books and it rocks. For all those hip kids and cool parents out there who want to break away from the pastel colours …

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Little Pirate, Science Made Simple
May 20, 2010 – 2:15 am | No Comment
Little Pirate, Science Made Simple

I have recently come across a great series of books designed to introduce basic science concepts to kids. Little Pirate, Science Made Simple is a great line of books by Innovative Kids based on inquiry-based …

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Etsy find: linen alphabet book
May 5, 2010 – 2:27 am | No Comment
Etsy find: linen alphabet book

During my weekly nose around Etsy I have come across a fantastic shop with the most stylish alphabet cushions and a very artistic fabric alphabet book. Pilo offers a collection of handmade beautiful accessories for …

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Make your own story with unique hello book kits by hello hanna
May 3, 2010 – 2:02 am | No Comment
Make your own story with unique hello book kits by hello hanna

I have admired Hello Hanna’s products for a while and when I saw the Hello Books I just had to share them with everyone here because they are such a great simple idea to occupy …

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The Lorax: Another Dr. Seuss Classic on the App Store
April 20, 2010 – 5:46 am | No Comment
The Lorax: Another Dr. Seuss Classic on the App Store

Another classic Dr. Seuss book makes it to the App Store. It is the turn of The Lorax, first published in 1971 and turned into eBook to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day …

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The Snail and the Whale
March 30, 2010 – 9:19 am | No Comment
The Snail and the Whale

The Snail and the Whale is the latest addition to our bookshelf. As usual Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have come up with the goods and produced yet another great story with fabulous illustrations. The Snail …

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Dr Seuss books available on your iPhone
March 16, 2010 – 7:05 am | 3 Comments
Dr Seuss books available on your iPhone

Dr Seuss’ books have helped generations of kids to learn how to read with a simple technique based on repetitions of the primary words written in catching rhymes that are easy to remember. It works …

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Favourite books for toddlers and preschool age children
March 9, 2010 – 4:59 am | No Comment
Favourite books for toddlers and preschool age children

The bookshelves in my son’s room have had such tired overflowing look for a while that I could no longer ignore their plea to be freed of some of those books that are far too …

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Classic stories: The Tiger Who Came to Tea
February 10, 2010 – 6:46 am | One Comment
Classic stories: The Tiger Who Came to Tea

There are some bedtime stories we keep going back to time and time again. The Tiger Who Came to Tea is one of them. It was a huge success when my then 3 year old …

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