Swimming teacher connections
Although we’ve always swum with Water Babies, N’s had a few teachers during his 3 years of swimming. Mostly to do with changing days, going from a Wednesday to Friday, and for the last 18 months or so, to a…
Activities
Everything we get up to – activities, learning and play
Printing photos with Polagram plus giveaway
Like many parents I love taking photos of N. I’ve totally embraced Instagram – the day that launched for Android, I was over the moon. Since taking part in Project 365 this year, and trying to input to #CapturingColour, I’m…
Music Exploration with children 8 – Country Music
I have to admit, I’ve been slacking this month on the music side of things with N. Yes, he’s been singing lots and we’ve been talking about some different instruments, but we’ve not done any specific music activities. What we…
Project 365 – photo a day week 46
Another week, and another mish mash of photos. Earlier in the week, I was struggling that much with remembering to take photos that I was taking random photos of drinks containers in a meeting I was in! Our Nan’s just…
To talk or not to talk about swimming?
Both N and I are a tad on the chatty side…(except him on the way home from nursery). I’ve always been of the belief that a child will be a lot more stable and happier if they have things explained…
Learning letters, phonics and name talk
N still isn’t that excited by learning letters. It astounds me when I see children the same age or younger recognising and naming all the letters in the alphabet, or writing more than their names. N’s only just drawing picture…
Questions to ask on primary school visits
N starts school in September, which does seem to have come round really quickly which means its time for all the primary school visits. Many people I’ve spoken to in the same boat are really sad that their child starts…
Project 365 – photo a day week 45
Crikey, it’s just sunk in that there’s only 7 weeks left of Project 365 for this year. I’ve found it really hard the last few weeks, but would quite like to do it again next year. It’s definitely getting harder,…
Introducing films to children – Disney and more
Until we went on holiday in October, N had never watched a film all the way through. He could just about sit still for the 30 minutes of a Tractor Ted dvd, and had managed to watch 40 minutes or…
The Bully and the Shrimp book review
Our latest Parragon book buddy delivery is The Bully and the Shrimp picture book by Catherine Allison and Kim Greyer. I wasn’t sure at first as to whether talking about bullying was something I really wanted to introduce to N…
Project 365 – photo a day week 44
Well, Halloween’s now over, so Christmas is next on the agenda events wise which brings us almost at the end of this year’s Project 365. It’s now week 44, and I’m throwing in some random photos this week thanks to…
