What we say to our children is so important in their development; and the messages they hear, particularly from those who are close to them have a massive impact on the stories they tell themselves about who they are, what they can and can’t do and what they can achieve in the world. Encouraging them…
Meet our event host characters for our fabulous summer online treasure hunt events….. Ranger Ron is the expert on all things Dinosaurs!! If your kid loves all things Dino they will want to meet Ranger Ron, learn his Dino hunting skills and go dino hunting with him….. Captain Pow is the trainer of all…
There is still a week to go before the one day in the school calendar that parents either love or hate: World Book Day!! In our experience, 80% of parents create a panic costume 24 hours beforehand! In all honesty, I am often one of those parents! So this year I thought wouldn’t it be…
Why should we encourage creative play in our children? Never before has it been more important to encourage children to use their imaginations and take part in imaginative play. Is anybody else worried about the long term effects on children not learning to be imaginative? And aside from the serious future society concerns it’s a…
As a kid one of my favourite TV programmes was ‘Let’s Pretend’. Each week the presenters would find a number of ordinary household items and contrive to produce a short story featuring them all. It was so simple and yet so inspiring; especially now. Pretend play has always been important to child development; but never…
Halloween costumes; you either love them or hate them! You either spend weeks crafting an elaborate creation or rely on Amazon Prime last minute! (or in the cases when you realise prime can’t even get it there on time or you will have to remortgage your house in order to get the cute witch outfit,…
