As a parent we watch our children learn so much even before they start school and we support them at every step. But when school starts, and they begin formal learning, important things like reading and writing always come more naturally to some children than others. What, as parents, can we do to support our children, really help them when they’re finding it difficult to learn to read and remove…
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When we went on holiday to Staffordshire one thing we wanted to do was learn more about the pottery industry which was – and still is – huge in the area. There are so many pottery factories and many of them have their own tours with big names like Wedgewood, Emma Bridgewater and Portmeirion it’s hard to decide which one to visit. So we chose one of the less well…
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Welcome back to another week of Living Arrows – and thanks to everyone who linked up last week. I love this project and it’s so nice getting to know the families that participate in Living Arrows each week and this year it looks like a really lovely mix of old and new faces. If you haven’t joined in with Living Arrows before it’s is about celebrating childhood. The project originally…
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At seven LP had never been to a concert before so when Camberley Theatre invited us to see Pop Divas Live I couldn’t wait to give her that first introduction to live music. Pop Divas Live is billed as the best songs from all our favourite female stars in one fabulous fun-packed show and LP was so excited for the show to start. When we arrived at Camberley Theatre we…
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Welcome back to another week of the Ordinary Moments. If you haven’t joined in before this is a weekly linky that launches every Sunday morning and is open until midnight on the following Saturday. It’s a linky that celebrates any ordinary moments in your life – or the not so ordinary some weeks too. Basically – anything goes. I’ll be sharing and commenting on the posts that are linked up during the…
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A couple of years ago we had a festive weekend in Telford and as part of the break we went to a few of the Ironbridge Gorge museums. This trip took us to Ironbridge to have lunch and see the famous Ironbridge but sadly it was covered in scaffolding at the time, undergoing a huge renovation project. Zoom forward nearly 18 months and on our way back from our holiday…
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Wellington Country Park near Reading in Berkshire isn’t too far from us and we have been a few times since the children were toddlers. We went for LP’s third birthday and again for Halloween around eighteen months ago. When we stayed at The Wellington Arms the children couldn’t wait to go back to Wellington Country Park and I couldn’t wait to see if it was as great a day out…
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