Algy’s Amazing Adventures in Space is one of the latest books from the Orion Early Reader series. It is a red Early Reader which means it is perfect for those who are to read by themselves or to a listening adult. Miss M is 6 and a fairly confident reader so this is perfect for …
Fruit Bowl Snacks for Kids – Review
Fruit Bowl offer an incredibly appealing range of prepacked snacks aimed at children, with the bonus of being healthy, in fact most of them provide 1 of their 5 a day portions of fruit. There are various varieties of snacks from fruit shapes, to fruit peelers and fruit bars. There are also yogurt coated fruit …
Nancy B’s Scientific Microscope and Activity Journal – Review
Nancy B is a former science teacher and science enthusiast who always longed for a microscope as a child. She has now invented her own range of science tools to help children engage in the world of science and enable them to investigate and experiment themselves. Each tool comes with a colour page activity journal …
A Trip to Looe Beach in Cornwall
A few weeks ago, we ventured down to Looe in Cornwall for the day. The husband was working and the children are always itching to get out and love the beach so Looe seemed like the ideal place to go without being too far to travel. The weather wasn’t as good as I’d hoped, a …
Interplay Butterfly World – Review
Interplay Butterfly World is a butterfly rearing kit for children allowing them to follow the life cycle of a butterfly from a caterpillar. It contains all the equipment you need including an informative guide by Nick Baker. This is a great way to introduce children to nature and something they can watch and see an …
Galt Mini Masterpiece
When Galt challenged us to create a mini masterpiece of a famous painting, I knew Miss M would be up for the challenge. She loves art, always digging around in her art box creating me decorative picture. The challenge was to decorate a picture of The Kiss, a famous painting by Gustav Klimt. We were …
Bath Crayons with Bathtime Buddies
Bathtime Buddies Bath Crayons were an instant hit with my two children, the idea of drawing in the bath was fun, but actually being able to draw on the bath itself and the tiles proved even more exciting. Each pack contains five crayons, in bold looking colours although they aren’t as bold as they look, …
Transformers : Age of Extinction – Comic Review
Transformers : Age of Extinction is a brand new comic released this week. Aimed at ages 6+, it’s packed full of games, puzzles, comic strips and competitions. My children aged 6 and nearly 4 were really excited when they saw this, Mister B loves transformers and couldn’t wait to get his hands on the free …
Design and Drill Set from Learning Resources – Review
Design and Drill Set from Learning Resources is a creative construction set where children can drill patterns and pictures onto a design board. Aimed at children aged 3-7 years, I thought this would be perfect for my two children to try with Mister B being 3 and Miss M who is 6. I particularly had Mister B in …
Yellow Mellon Children’s Clothes – Review
Yellow Mellon are a fashion forward online children’s clothing retailer and kindly offered to send my two children a complete outfit to try out. I know my daughter Miss M can be rather fussy, so provided details of their likes and dislikes, not knowing which items of clothing would be sent. This is what we …