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...]
A bit of an update type post….
What a week!I haven't been around very much this last week as it's been absolute chaos here - there's so much happening with the last week couple of days of school approaching and I have so much to tell you all so I thought I'd do a bit of an update post!Let's start with Miss Frugal's news....New schoolAfter all my deliberations last year about whether or not I was doing the right thing sending Miss F to a different school to all of her friends, we had the nervously anticipated taster days last week and the good news is that she absolutely loves it. It's a great school and … [Read more...]
Scooter Love – 10 reasons to love your scooter….
Scooters are a big thing in our house right now!When the sun's out, you can be guaranteed that there'll be at least one (usually both) of my children playing out with their friends on their scooter and I regularly have to climb over a pile of scooters in the hallway to answer the door to more scooter riding children calling for mine. We even store the scooters in the back of the car so we always have them with us and we've taken them on every break away that we've had for the last year or so.I've just done a quick search in my photos for any that are scooter related and I found loads … [Read more...]
Summer Living Room Makeover….
We've been having a bit of a Summer makeover this weekend, updating the Living room with a few little bits and bobs to brighten it up for Summer and I'm really pleased with the results so I thought you might like to see them.I like to keep the decor itself quite neutral usually which allows me to change things around without a big redecorating project and without spending a lot. This weekend's change about included a new TV cabinet in the Living room (courtesy of my Dad's own latest redecorating project), a new rug (courtesy of The Rug Retailer).The carpet in the Living room is the … [Read more...]
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