Well that’s it then, the Summer holidays are officially over and it’s time for the Beans to get back to school ready for years 1, 3 and 6!!! This year’s Back to School has been relatively easy for me, I tend to update school uniforms throughout the year because it’s available all year round in most … Read more
Everyone worries about getting the kids ready for to go back to school. Here are some tips of how to smash September.
As we enter the third week of the Summer holidays I really don’t want to think about the children going back to school yet (yes really). Of course we have those days where we all drive each other up the wall but I honestly look forward to the Summer holidays and having lots of fun … Read more
Any parent with boys in school will know the pain and misery of buying school shoes that last more than a term. I have often asked our boys “what do you do at school??” as I tire of the fact that yet another ‘new’ pair of shoes has only lasted a term before they look … Read more
I am back sharing my Little Love the simple pleasures of my past week from things I’ve read, seen, heard, worn and done.
In need of some cost-saving school hacks? Any parent will tell you that those school costs can drain a bank balance quicker than a trip to Disneyland. The people at Marbles.com estimate that we can all spend well over a couple of hundred pounds on equipment and clothes over a year. To help they’ve put together a few brilliant school hacks in an infographic … Read more
Since 2008 when Lillie was born my life has revolved around being at home with my children and yesterday, it all changed. At four and a half year’s old, Albie had his first day at school and it really couldn’t have come soon enough for my littlest man. Too excited to wait Unlike his big … Read more
When we write three separate parts of the brain are used compared to when we type. Researchers discovered that students writing down their lecture notes, rather than typing onto a screen remembered more information. The National Handwriting Association believe that handwriting can improve the growth of reading, spelling and understanding math’s concepts amongst young learners. … Read more
When you are a parent to three school-age children there’s a lot of school uniform to get prepared for going ‘back to school’. I remember as a child watching my Mum patiently sewing name labels into my uniform (and hating them because they annoyed my skin where they touched). As I became a Mum myself … Read more