I just had to share the fantastic initiative in place in my son’s school in conjunction with the town administration. School children are introduced to Capitan Eco the recycling pirate and each is given a booklet …

The Doll’s House collection at the Museum of Childhood is one of the largest British Collections not in private hands. The earliest houses were built by carpenters who were commissioned to make exact miniatures of …

We are well into the second week of school and my son, apparently an angel at school, has a complete transformation when he leaves the school gate and enters the family home. All …

While I was browsing the Internet I landed on a fantastic website that is all about playful learning. The website, which is in fact called Playful Learning, is a great resource for parents and teachers …

I took these pictures a few days ago after reading about California Coastal Cleanup Day taking place tomorrow across the state, a great environmental event that sees families, students and everybody who wishes to help …

These pictures are from last year’s visit to the Model Village of Bourton-on-the-Water, which is an exact reproduction of the town in a 1:9 scale. The model village is built with the same Cotswold …

We recently started reading The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) by Roald Dahl. This is the first long book we read, and with a chapter a night we needed something to bookmark our pages so instead …

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 …

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 …

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 …