Your house is your home. This is a universal truth, but the fact of the matter is that the Earth is your home, too. The planet is hurting because the people who inhabit it don’t care enough to take care of it and keep it clean the way they do in their own homes. However,…
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Advert: Win a Get Out and Grow Starter Pack for your School
Read moreI’m a huge advocate for getting children outdoors and immersed in nature. That’s why when I heard about Get Out and Grow I knew that I wanted to spread the word! Get Out and Grow is launching an incentive encouraging students to head outside and get planting, growing and learning about where fruit and vegetables…
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ADVERT: Brilliant Brainz Magazine Review
Read moreHow many times have you walked into a supermarket or newsagent with your children and they’ve asked for you to buy them a magazine? It’s a regular occurrence for us, and occasionally we do let our seven year old twins use their pocket money to buy a magazine each, however the problem I have is…
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How to Teach Children to Tell the Time
Read moreOur twin girls recently turned seven. They’re both clever, kind, caring girls who have a natural thirst for learning. I’m always amazed at the things they tell me they’ve learnt in school. In particular when they showed me some multiplication they’d learnt in school, I was amazed at how easy they’d found it. Like many…
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Encouraging Children to Read with the Right Books #AD
Read moreReading is something that’s always been important to me. For as long as I can remember I’ve always had a love for books. My very earliest memory of reading was when I was in primary school. I remember our teachers asking us to bring our favourite book in for show and tell. I was, and…
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#GIFTED Mud & Bloom Subscription Box Review
Read moreAs a busy parent finding ways to encourage my children to connect with nature can be hard. During the weekdays we’re all pretty busy with work, school and after school activities. This means I don’t get a lot of time to plan out any activities for the weekend. However Mud & Bloom recently sent me…
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On the go sandwich wrap review #GIFTED
Read moreA few weeks ago I wrote a blog post called Simple Swaps for a Zero Waste Life. In that blog post I shared simple every day swaps that anyone can make in order to reduce the amount of single use plastics we use. I touched upon lots of great swaps such as swapping paper kitchen…
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ClassDojo: Helping Parents Find Out What Their Children Do In School Since 2011 #AD
Read moreLike many parents I’m keen to know what my children do in school. I find that the best time to talk about this is when we’re all sitting down as a family over dinner. I ask my children what they do in school, who did they play with and did they learn anything. Sometimes my…
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Simple Swaps for a Zero Waste Life #GIFTED
Read moreSomething my husband and I are keen to do this year is reduce the amount of single use plastic we use. You can read more about what we hope to achieve and how in our ‘A Zero Waste Journey‘ blog post. In this blog post I wanted to share with you some simple swaps that…