At this time every year, when the meadows and verges along the roads are just bursting into colour, I love to encourage kids to get to know the flowers and perhaps pick a few for pressing. Pressed flowers are great for adding to nature journals and if you wanted a nice vase of flowers to … Read more
It’s all very well encouraging parents to think about getting a trampoline for their gardens, and I do it often, but one friend asked me the other day about whether you need planning permission for these structures in our gardens and so I went on a bit of research mission to find out for you. … Read more
One of my favourite things we’ve done with the kids, and also as a kid myself many years ago, was to feed the garden birds. I can spend ages just watching them and the kids can too – a great way to bring nature in when it’s cold outside or a bit rainy! We’ve recently … Read more
Crabbing is one of those activities that I personally had zero experience of until I was an adult – it was not something I did as a child at all! But so many people find it fun and a great activity to do while on holiday that I was super happy when I had some … Read more
One of my fears when taking my children camping was always how to get them to sleep. I had heard horror stories of kids awake all night and keeping other campers up and I know just how cranky we could all get with no sleep. It was supposed to be a holiday! In the end, … Read more
I was talking with a friend the other day about her child learning to ride a bike and we got to talking about when was a good time to try and ride without the training wheels. We wondered if there was an average age to ride a bike without stabilisers and if it’s a bad … Read more
To go alongside my post about camping with kids and tips you’ll want to remember, I thought I’d do a post about the best family tents on the market now we’re getting into 2022. It’s probably the biggest expense you’ll have when camping and if you choose right it should last you for quite a … Read more
Even though it comes around every year at the same time, thinking of things to do in the summer holidays always stumps me at the start. So I figured it might be a good idea to collate some ideas of things we love to do in the school holidays so you can have some ideas … Read more
When you’re first thinking about getting kids involved in nature what’s in our gardens is often our first port of call. Once you and your kids get a bit more familiar with what’s been visiting your garden and identifying them visually, the next step is to start learning their songs so you can identify them … Read more
One universal fact is that parents spend at least half their time trying to get kids away from the television and other electronics. For the most part, parents feel that their child spends too much time on these things and not enough time outdoors being “kids”. One very popular option is to buy a trampoline, … Read more