What your World Book Day fundraising means
Continue ReadingEvery year, on World Book Day, schools across the UK celebrate the value of reading – and many fundraise for our charity, Book Aid International, as part of their celebrations. In the last three years alone schools, libraries, nurseries and families like yours have raised over £350,000 for us on World Book Day – that’s […]
Is Positive Discipline the game changer your family needs?
Continue Reading[easyazon_link identifier=”0525574891″ locale=”UK” tag=”mummmatt-21″]POSITIVE DISCIPLINE FOR TODAY’S BUSY (AND OVERWHELMED) PARENT[/easyazon_link] is a user-friendly guide that gives parents the tools they need to parent effectively without sacrificing their well-being or giving up on their life goals. I’m holding my hands up right now and saying that parenting has been a whole lot harder than I […]
Tips on Writing a Children’s Book Review
Continue ReadingWhat is a good review? A good review is both a review and critique of a particular work I’m talking about book reviews, and all this information can be used successfully when writing reviews for movies, theatrical performances, games or music collections. A good review of a children’s book is relevant It is better if […]
The Healthy Happy Mum Plan
Continue ReadingFor me, becoming a Mum is the most amazing achievement in my life. It’s the one thing that I dreamt of growing up and I feel lucky to have not one but three beautiful children of my own and being step-parent to one fantastic step-son. I always considered myself quite lucky to have Will in […]
Warner Bros Studio Tour London – Discovering #GobletofFire
Continue ReadingWe first visited Warner Bros Studio Tour London five years ago when Albie was just a babe in arms. At that time the biggest Harry Potter fans of the family were Will and me, Simon loves the films but STILL hasn’t read the books. Lillie had watched Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone but we […]
Six copies of National Geographic How to speak Emoji to be won!
Continue ReadingJust when you think you have got this whole parenting lark figured how, someone throws a curve ball at you and you feel completely helpless again. I have heard myself mention to a few people recently that they didn’t prepare you for the junior/teen years of parenting when they hand you a cute little baby […]
