We all know that you don’t have to spend lots of money to have fun together but every now and again we all need a quick reminder of some of the fun things we can do for free! This is the third post in my series of Summer Holiday reminders of fun activities that won’t cost you a penny….Make your own colourful crayons - Gather up all of your broken or old wax crayons and turn them into brilliant fun colourful crayons. If you don't have any then you can buy a new pack for about 30p in most supermarkets. These crayons are fun to make together but even more fun … [Read more...]
Thrifty Thursday – Make money from old clothes….
Until last week, I didn't have proper wardrobes in our bedroom *hangs head in shame*.We always meant to buy some but we kept putting off buying them as we've been planning to get some fitted wardrobes installed since we moved in. It's never really been a top priority though and we've always had something else to spend our money on so the temporary wood and canvas wardrobes we bought when we moved in became less temporary and ended up staying for almost five years.Then my Dad bought some new wardrobes and arranged for his old ones (less than a year old) to be collected and delivered to … [Read more...]
An Emotional Day….
Last week saw Miss Frugal leave the Primary school she's been at since nursery and say goodbye to the children she's grown up with.In September she starts a whole new chapter at a new school without the friends she knows so well but we're not thinking about that just yet.During her leavers assembly she was presented with an award for excellent academic achievement following the four level 5's she got on her SATs tests and she was also given a record of achievement of her time at the school.The record of achievement book actually made me more emotional than any part of her leaving … [Read more...]
Five free things you can do this Summer #2….
We all know that you don't have to spend money to have fun but sometimes we need a quick reminder of the fun things we can do for free so here's the second in my series of my Summer Holiday reminders of some fun things to do together that won't cost you a penny....Make Gloop - This is one of the most fun things we've done together at home. Gloop is amazing stuff and it's quite good to get a bit of science in to the holidays too.Have a go at Geocaching – if you don’t know what it is or you haven’t tried it then you really need to have a look at the website and see what it’s all … [Read more...]
10 Ways to help your child overcome feelings of anxiety or fear….
Lots of children have a fear of something - it may be that they're scared of the dark, terrified of roller coasters or have a fear of spiders. They could be scared of certain situations like speaking in front of a crowd or having to complete a particular task at school.Whatever their fear is, no matter how irrational it may seem to you, it's very real for them and as parents, there are certain things we can do to help them overcome their fear or at least learn how to manage their fear.1. Never, ever tell a child they are being silly for being scared of something.2. Sit down and … [Read more...]
Encouraging learning through the Summer Holidays….
Miss Frugal's new school have set her homework to complete throughout the Summer Holidays and whilst I don't agree with the volume of homework she's been given, I do agree with the principal of continuing to encourage learning through the holidays - albeit in a much less formal and structured way than they learn at school.Encouraging Reading There are so many ways to encourage reading but my big thing about reading is making sure that I don't make them read when they don't want to because I want to encourage them to love to read rather than just reading because they're told do! Saying … [Read more...]
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