Today marked another milestone in the Mummy Matters household, this morning after dropping Little Bean and Beanie Boy off to school, Jelly Bean and I didn’t return home as normal. Today was Jelly Bean’s first day at preschool. Today was the ‘last’ first day at preschool since Jelly Bean is the baby of the family. … Read more
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
In September as many young children excitedly start their journey into school-life, Beanie Boy will be heading to a new pre-school for his third year as he is a September baby who has just missed out on starting school by a matter of weeks. In some ways I think it’s good that he will have … Read more
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear – there will be lots of tears shed today. Lots by me, LOADS by Caroline (Beanie Boy’s key worker) and possibly even a few tears by Beanie Boy himself. Today we have to say goodbye to some of our favourite people as today marks his last day at Sunflower … Read more
Our weekend began very well with a Baby Sale which Karin and I organised, it was the first time we had done anything like this but we did ok. There was definitely room for improvement and we know how we would do things differently next time (and there WILL be a next time). During the … Read more
Last week Beanie Boy took part in his last Sports Day at his pre-school as he will be going to a different pre-school next year. Because he was a September baby and he started pre-school at the age of two, he has now attended his current pre-school for nearly two years and now it’s time … Read more
If you don’t have young children yourself but you do have children to buy for, it can be daunting knowing what to buy them but with Little Tikes you can’t go wrong. Little Tikes toys are all about learning through fun and they are built to withstand the not-so-gentle nature of their audience. Little Tikes … Read more