Articles tagged with: educational

With spring is in the air, the first thing I want to do is to put away those warm socks and with little feet getting bigger every season there is definitely no point in …

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 …
The active kids campaign last year has donated to many schools and groups in local communities and the 2010 campaign intends to do just the same and more. Thanks to shoppers at Sainsbury’s, who …

Teaching children to tie their shoe laces requires patience, practice and a lot of praise. There are various ways to teach how to tie a bow, so it is important to decide which method to …

Learning to tell the time is an important milestone for young ones, even more so nowadays that kids are equally exposed to analogue and digital clocks, which it might be a tad confusing. …

When it comes to educating children about recycling there is no better way than a playful environment, which can be paired with a reward system to keep the interest going. I have …

The number one wish on my son’s long list to Santa was a camera. As a first reaction I thought that a digital camera to a 6 year old was a little extravagant and it …

Visiting a museum can be a very dispersing experience for kids who have so much to take in all at once, that’s why museums’ visits for children should be channeled to specific sections for them …

Museums have really become children friendly in recent years and not just the usual family oriented museums that have always appealed to children, but more traditional national treasures like the British Museum now offer specific …

I love crafts and I love books so when I was contacted by Ammo Books for a review of the new crafts book Kid Made Modern by artist Todd Oldham I couldn’t wait to receive …

The Natural History Museum has always been one of my favourite museums and more so since I have been a mum. Now that my son is at school age he can really take part in …

The Tate Modern is one of our favourite places, whenever we are in London we wander down to the South Bank and have an early morning visit so we avoid the really busy time. In …