How Nutrition Impacts Mother & Baby During the First 1000 Days | Kristy Manners | Ep 208

  As parents it’s our responsibility to provide children their best start to life. Did you know that a strong nutritional foundation and healthy future for children starts as early as 3 months prior to their conception, Yep! You may… Continue Reading >

What are the Benefits of Cardboard Building Blocks for Children: Advice and Buying Guide | Damiano Gestri | Ep 207

If you were to explain to me what your children’s play area at home looks and feels like, how would you describe it? What sort of toys fill the play area? What type of mix of plastics? Woods? Fabrics are… Continue Reading >

170 Activities To Keep The Kids Busy

If you looking for some fun ideas to keep the kids busy and engaged whilst staying home to stay safe you’re in the right place. One thing a lot of us may be forgetting during this stressful time is that… Continue Reading >

Holiday Activities for Kids

School holidays are nearly here again! Soon you will get questions from your little kids, or maybe not so little kids, about what to do and where you will take them.  You’ll wonder what will keep them all busy and… Continue Reading >

10 play ideas to beat the winter blues!

1- Have a Disco- the Trolls movie soundtrack is high on repeat at our house! Turn off the lights, turn the music up, forget the housework and dance away with your little one. You’re never too little or too big… Continue Reading >

Never Too Young For Music

  Parents often question the validity of enrolling an infant into music classes asking, ‘Isn’t my child too young?’ Music is a Language Instinctively, we don’t wait until a child can speak before we talk to them. We immerse them… Continue Reading >

4 ways to encourage nature-based play with your child and why it matters

Media kindly brought to you by Plum Play  Take the modern world’s increasing amount of ‘screen time’, urban living arrangements that limit access to green spaces, throw in a pandemic with enforced home lockdowns, and it’s no surprise that kids’… Continue Reading >

COVID and the Developmental Effects on Infants

During the last two years, extended lockdowns and isolation due to COVID-19 has been hard for many parents for so many different reasons. As the Pandemic stretches on, parents, researchers and those of us who work with children ask ourselves… Continue Reading >

Play Isn’t Just Play – It Boosts the Way Your Kids Learn Too

Before my parents were up on weekend mornings, my siblings and I sailed pirate ships and fought off savage monsters, including the bane of Captain Hook’s life, the terrifying ticking crocodile. Our boat, a candlewick bedspread, was spanned and tucked… Continue Reading >

Ecopsychology – Why Being in Nature Makes our Kids Happy

In this modern age our children are spending increased amounts of time inside, and in front of screens. This increased indoor activity was prior to the global pandemic which has resulted in potential time spent isolating, lockdown or reduced access… Continue Reading >