Win a complete KS1 Learning Library, plus a First Microsocope #BackToSchoolBooks
Day Three of the Back To School Books week, and I hope you’re really getting into the swing of it now. Now, firstly, let’s not forget why we’re here; Collins Parents pages is totally worth a visit for any parent – they offer not only practical tips, but also what to expect at each stage of your child’s education and a boat load of useful resources. There’s also an online 25% discount for parents on all Back to School books, as...
Win the complete £140 set of Big Cat Reading Lions books #BackToSchoolBooks
So you’re back for day two, huh? Of course you are – it’s flipping brilliant round here this week :) Now, firstly, let’s not forget why we’re here; Collins Parents pages is totally worth a visit for any parent – they offer not only practical tips, but also what to expect at each stage of your child’s education and a boat load of useful resources. There’s also an online 25% discount for parents on all Back...
Win a £65 bundle of preschool activity books #BackToSchoolBooks
We’re really excited to be working again with Collins on a brilliant Back To School competition event for you. As any parent knows, September’s a sad/glad month. Summer’s over, school starts… and life inevitably takes on it’s winter humdrum routine. But tinged with the massive mix of HappySad, there’s a lot of upheaval and organisation to work out – you seem to especially need to sort out a lot of...
How to have fun with a #HolidayAtHome
I admit it – I’m a bit fed up this summer. We had a fabulous trip to the Dordogne early in June; but we’ve no more trips booked in for the summer. And with No.1 son re-entering the school system for A levels in a couple of weeks, there’ll be no more out-of-season spontaneous travelling to cheer us. In fact, the next holiday we’re looking forward to is a short UK break in October half term *sigh*. And of...
Introducing the UDOO Neo – Tech Stuff for Baffled Parents
As any geek parents will know, the original UDOO board was pretty amazing. It was the next logical step on from the fabulously ground-breaking Raspberry Pi, and combined the Pi with Arduino, letting you run the tiny computer as well as control electronic projects. Well, this year the people behind UDOO created a new kickstarter – the UDOO neo. It includes the Raspberry Pi and an Arduino board as before, but this time...
Doing It. Top 5 Tips for a hot & healthy marriage #MondayMoments
Relationships are a bit like parenting. When you’ve been doing it for a while, you think you’ve Got This. And then something unexpected happens and you realise that comfy seat you’d foolishly thought you’d settled in was all an illusion – and you’re back at paying attention and working at it again. When you’ve been together for a while, what started out by being a totally comfortable groove...