15 Tips on How to Raise a Reader
It's International Children's Book Day today, a day celebrated annually since 1967 on 2 April (Hans Christian Andersen's birthday!) to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children's books. We live in a house filled with children's
Japanese Picture Books
In this week's book post I have something special for you - I'm sharing the picture books we brought back from Japan! They are not all available in English, but I thought you might be interested to see them. In
Review: Spin Point & Silly Safari [AD]
It's time share some more game recommendations with you - just in time for the upcoming Easter holidays! Cheatwell Games, who brought you the fabulous <<Baffled>> which we reviewed a while ago, sent us a couple more travel sized games
Easter Egg Tree
It's less than a month to go until Easter, time to get decorating! In the last years we've often been away over Easter, so haven't gone to that much effort, but after our big trip in February we're having Easter
{Edinburgh} Follow the Money at Museum on the Mound
Happy Museum Monday everyone! I've been getting quite a few questions about the Museum on the Mound in Edinburgh, after featuring it in my <24 Hours in Edinburgh> guide last week, so I thought I'd do another dedicated Museum Monday
Chapter Book of the Month: Jack Jones
For this month's chapter book, we've got some good old adventure fun for you! We were very kindly sent three books from the new <<Jack Jones>> series for review, and really enjoyed reading them together. Take a look at what
Travel with Kids: 24 Hours in Edinburgh
My heart belongs to Edinburgh. Everyone who knows me knows it. Three times I have left, and three times I have returned. So when I was invited to go spend a day exploring my beloved city with my kids, and
{Japan} Discovering Robots at Tokyo’s Miraikan Museum
Happy Museum Monday everyone! We’re back this week with another great museum from our trip to Japan to share with you. When asked what he would like to see or do on our trip, Oskar (my 8 year old) said
Mother’s Day Gift Guide
With Mothering Sunday looming here in the UK at the end of March, and then Mother's Day in May in many other parts of the world including Germany (must remember to buy a card for my mum now to send
Save the Date! Edinburgh Science Festival 2019
We are very lucky to live in a city that offers so many family friendly festivals throughout the year. Edinburgh is probably best known for it's summer festivals - The Edinburgh International Festival and The Edinburgh Festival Fringe - but
Museum Explorers #2
Happy Museum Monday everyone! We're back with another interview, in my new series where families share their favourite museums with you! This month, we have Typical Mummy from Staffordshire. 1. Why don't you start by telling us a bit about yourself
Our Souvenirs from Japan
So, as you know we're just come back from an epic trip to Japan and the boys really wanted to make a video to share all the cool souvenirs with you that they brought back. So, here it is! If you