It’s very rare to see a dormouse but now we have two in our house. Not the real furry ones, but wood ones that Luce and Theo made. When I think of these little mammals, the image of the sleeping dormouse in Alice in Wonderland instantly pops into my head. Luce and Theo not only […]
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Last November my children found where to build their secret den. They wanted an outdoor place where they could hide and play. They didn’t care whether it was a den, a hut or a treehouse as long as it was their secret place with one rule: adults not allowed. At first they found ‘the’ place nearby but
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I must share a lovely arts and crafts Spring activity we recently learnt during a visit to Wakehurst Place: how to make paper Daffodils. As part of the half term holidays, Kew’s countryside estate had provided indoors activities for kids to learn about flowers and nature. This included an informal mini botany lesson. Luce and Theo examined
My kids went wild recently making blossoming paper flowers which seemed magical to them but are also a little science experiment. We made petal shaped cut outs in different colours and papers. Luce then created a butterfly and a happy bug to put inside her flowers. She then folded her creations inside the paper flowers and
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It might still be winter outside but inside the sleeves have been rolled up as we’ve been busy making kids “love” cards. And we named them Tweet Love and Solar Planet Love. When I asked my twins what themes they wanted on the cards they said birds and planets. Actually my son insisted the cards
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My kids know the names and order of the planets in the solar system, but I decided I needed to teach them how to compare planet sizes. I wanted to answer their continual questions. ”How big is Earth compared to Jupiter?” “Is Earth bigger than Mars?” “Which is the biggest planet?” And so on. My
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