Do you feel confident in teaching your child to read? It’s quite a daunting prospect, afterall, it’s a long time since we learnt to read and they do it all so differently these days. I had never even heard of a phoneme until Little Bean started school. Research by LeapFrog has found that almost half … Read more
As Half Term approached, one day, in particular, we were all looking forward to as we had been invited to WhiteGrounds Skate Park in London to have fun with bikes, scooters and skateboards to put the new Vtech Kidizoom Action Cam through its paces. What is the Vtech Action Cam? They are like GoPro cameras … Read more
Babies and children just LOVE keys don’t they! If you close your eyes for a moment and play with a set of keys yourself you can completely understand why, they are a huge sensory treat; they jingle jangle and make lots of interesting noises they can feel hot or cold depending on where they have … Read more
Beanie Boy’s favourite game at the moment is his Smart Toss from Learning Resources. Quite simply it’s a Bean Bag tossing game with lots of different learning possibilities. I love to have activities around to keep them active during the winter months because my Beans are active little monkeys so they need to have activities … Read more
It can be so hard to know what to buy for the children can’t it, one minute they are into Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the next it’s Power Rangers and then who knows what’s next?! If you’re anything like me then when it comes to buying toys for the children I like them to have … Read more
What did we do before Mr Tumble graced our screens? I almost feel like he is a part of our family now because he has been a favourite in our house for so long. Just like his big sister and big brother before him, Jelly Bean now too is a big Mr Tumble fan. KD … Read more
When do you think about teaching your children their ABC’s? Is it from the moment they can talk? When they start preschool? When they start primary school? OR when they are ready?? Personally I think it helps to give them an understanding of their ABCs, to be able to sing the song and to at … Read more
Has your home been invaded by Minecraft too? Ours started some time last year when Curly first discovered the game from one of his friends at school and he is still a HUGE fan of it now. During the Summer holidays he taught Little Bean and Beanie Boy how to play it too and now they … Read more
The LeapPad 3 is the latest offering from our favourites kids technology provider. LeapFrog understand children and their thirst for learning through play and of course when it comes to technology the world doesn’t stand still. This latest generation of LeapPad is a 5” Wifi tablet offers the highest performance yet with its quad core … Read more