Pizza Pizzas are entertaining and a gives you a jump on supper.Each child can make their own. Aprons or tea towels wrapped around, and off we go. Roll out the pizza dough, (either made or from an un-frozen package). (If you are short on rolling pins, then a glass bottle will do, as long as […]
Cooking – Pizza. Cupcakes. Biscuits. Marble Cake. Read More »
Building a den can go from remarkably simple – a blanket and a peg. Or remarkably complicated with ‘rooms’, ‘corridors’, and several entrances … Making indoor dens usually ends in chaos but it is great fun. Children love it and it can soak up a wet afternoon. I suggest the living room because it is
Traveller Ralf Potts wrote, “Walk until your day become interesting’. With children you have to make the interesting. I was seriously ambivalent about being the mother of teenagers. In the weeks running up to my youngest become a teenager, I found it a stretch. I know other mothers feel the same. Both
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Encouraging children to walk from a young age sets up good habits for later life. How far and how long, of course depends on age, fitness and ‘goodies’. Fit parents will be more likely to encourage children to be fit, and those who are less keen on exercise, will find encouraging everyone off the sofa,
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Walking is free as are most of the places you can do it. From the news to magazines and apps galore we are informed about the benefits of healthy living. Some of the most common advise is ’30 minutes of cardio vascular exercise a day’ will keep us physically and mentally tuned up. It gives
Forest walks are full of exciting potential . picking up fur cones, building dens, jumping over streams and climbing trees, watching the the different seasons. As the seasons change your choice of walk may change. As the warm summer days become autumnal focus more on tree climbing than playing in streams? “I Spy’ introduces
Day out by day out, weekend by weekend, we have stepped up and out from strolls to longer walks, working up to hikes. But still having a fun time for everyone in the family. For families with older children it combines exercise with a catch up … a little gossip spun in along the way.
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Ride Along Riding with children (aged one to three) on your bike helps familiarise them giving them an idea of what fun it can be. It will give confidence to those who are a little intimidated. For slightly older children there is the ‘Shot gun’ seat which is a seat, not harness, attached behind the
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My children started to learn to “swim’ at one and three years old, which was more about giving them confidence in the water, and their parents making new friends. They started productive lessons around 6 and became competent at 7. By 9 they could swim over 200 metres and tread water for a 3
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Rain, shine, wind or snow, one way or another, you can do it. Family Walk on A Sunny Day Trainers and walking shoes Small rucksack with: Suncream Sun hat Snacks Bottle of water Wet wipes (Spare nappy) Spare pants. Just in case it rains …The more the drizzle, the louder the grizzle. Wet weather