Free Printable Reward Charts and other Resources for Kids

We have some lovely freebies fo the kids today, and for Easter - these gorgeous printables from Tiny Me to help you organise your Easter Egg Hunt for the kids.

Free Easter hunt printables

We love a good printable on KiddyCharts *obvs.* Easter is approaching, as you can tell from the easy Easter card craft we shared on the blog for you all yesterday. We also …

It is hard when are kids are shy - what do we do as a parent to encourage that confidence, but also not to undermine them so they feel we are criticising the way they react to those situations - here are some ideas to help build confidence in your children....

No more shy kids: how to effectively boost your child’s confidence

“Hey, I want you to meet my boy,” Says an eager and proud parent to friends and neighbours. The neighbour replies: “Oh, he is so cute. If only he …

We are showing off our skills for head over heels about gymnastics - this is the candlestick apparently...

Gymnastics app for kids: Getting kids active through head over heels smart app

Once in a while we get a great opportunity – when we were asked to look at the new smart app for the book Head over heels about Gymnastics – Volume 1: …

Are you looking for a simple easter card for kids? Well here is a chick card that my daughtyer, who is nine, came up with after we were given a few Easter craft items from Bostik...pretty good, huh? And most importantly really easy for a child to do!

Easter card for kids: Easy chick card

We are doing another crafty challenge this month for Bostik. This month, I tried something a little different. Both my children are creative, so I gave them the box we were …

A smiling toddler is pictured indoors wearing a baby and toddler clothing outfit, with text reading

Teething: 5 tips to ease the pain for your baby

Any parent knows that the crying from a baby who has painful gums due to teething is heart wrenching. My little boy suffered badly, and screamed so loud I thought …

Elmer photo patchwork app is great for keeping them entertained - as you can see!

Encouraging creativity and photography with Elmer’s Photo Patchwork App

We LOVE Elmer books in our house – my kids should have outgrown them by now, but I still occasionally see them picking up a book about the latest exploits of the loveable Patchwork …

We have some ideas for using those fantastic distraction techniques with kids to avoid those terrible twos tantrums and beyond...sometimes its too late to stop a tantrum with your child, but at other times, distraction is a great way to hold it off before it begins.

Distraction – techniques and when to use them

Welcome to another Parenting Tales from the Sofa and we are again joined by resident coach, Beckie Whitehouse, of Be Confident Coaching. This week we are talking about distraction and …

Do you have a sick child? How do you make that call between sending your child to school or staying at home?

What do you do if your kids take a sick day?

I thought we were done with the winter colds and fevers but alas, no, here in spring term and I have my youngest off. All 3 had days off towards the …

Six tips for surviving the terrible twos

Everybody knows about the terrible twos; we are warned, but we never quite understand until we are right in the middle of it. It was my little girl who had …

My Dinosaurs are saddled up and we are ready to boogie in the Comic Relief Danceathon!

Comic Relief #Danceathon: The story of a honkosaurus and a personal nightmare in gold leggings

So on Sunday I saddled up my Dinosaurs, and rode off to Wembley to shake my honkosaurus touche for the Comic Relief Danceathon… And guess what, we did it. TeamHonk …