When Leon turned 5 he received a small tent for his birthday. Two months later we went camping with some friends in Bodega Bay, California. Leon spent the night in his own tent. First time camping, aged 5, all night long in his own tent. Wow! Nearly six years later he has been a passionate [...]
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Leon Grylls? Maybe….!
Posted in Building and discovery, Discovering Sweden, Lessons With Lovely Leon, Nature on May 15, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A Farming Weekend
Posted in Discovering Sweden, Journeys and Trips, Nature, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.. on May 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Last weekend we had an amazing time. Staying on a farm! Actually, we didn’t just STAY on it – the kids WORKED on it! Here is the farm from a distance… ….and here is the little cottage we stayed in…. Run by wonderful Inger, ex-preschool teacher and now farmer, and her husband Bernt, they have [...]
A Tacky Ferry Trip
Posted in Discovering Sweden, Journeys and Trips on April 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Stockholm is on the east coast of Sweden, very near to the swedish archipelago. It is also a relatively short ferry ride from Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Poland. Many Swedes with children take advantage of these very inexpensive day or overnight ‘cruises’, simply to get away. The winter season is Sweden is long (October to [...]
Letter ‘S’
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Awesome Alfie's Art & Stuff, Books, Building and discovery, Discovering Sweden, In The Kitchen, Letters and Numbers, Role play, Sensory on March 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Last week we covered letter S. S is a wonderful letter. So many things to do – we didn’t have enough time for it all…. S is for SHINY… And STICKING… S is for SNAKE… Of many different kinds… Toilet tube snakes. Play-dough snakes. Biscuit snakes. (Also good for learning repeating patterns!) S is for [...]
Three Fun Things To Do In Öland
Posted in Discovering Sweden, Journeys and Trips on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is my last post about Öland – aimed at my fellow Swedes – or indeed anyone else visiting Öland with kids! Three fun things to do…. Firstly, a place called ‘Mellböda Gård’. Started by a German couple a few years back, the place consists of a café selling German pastry delicacies, an excellent toy [...]
Magical Trees & Shipwrecks
Posted in Discovering Sweden, Journeys and Trips, Nature on July 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Öland is also known for its unusual nature – fauna found nowhere else in Sweden. Which is why we went to Trollskogen (the Troll forest)…. To find trees that bend…. And twist… And turn… Our official tree climber enjoyed them all! And can you imagine the excitement of finding a REAL shipwreck? So cool!
We’ve Been On Holiday – To Öland!
Posted in Discovering Sweden, Journeys and Trips on July 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Öland is a long island off the south-east coast of Sweden. It’s renown for it’s long white beaches, it’s windmills and rauks, and for being the sunniest place in Sweden! We’ve been staying in a big red creaky wooden cottage… A minutes walk from this wonderful beach… And we’ve had a fantastic time! Spending time [...]
Welcome To The North! (Part 4)
Posted in Discovering Sweden, Journeys and Trips on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On our fourth and final day (we travelled home on the fifth), we drove to Narvik, a town by one of the fjords in Norway. Having battled the reindeer blocking the roads (well, two of them anyway), we arrived after just over two hours drive. Now Kiruna may be the most northernly town in Sweden [...]
Welcome To The North! (Part 3)
Posted in Discovering Sweden, Journeys and Trips on July 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On our third day we visited a ‘Sami homestead museum’. Here we learnt a little more about the Sami way of life, specifically reindeer herding throughout the year, and got to have a look at, and in, some traditional Sami housing…. Plus we got to see some beautiful Sami articles… But of course the experience [...]
Welcome To The North! (Part 2)
Posted in Discovering Sweden, Journeys and Trips on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kiruna is a mining town, an iron-ore mine with history pre-second world war, and much of the town’s money is made from this. In fact, for every million kronor the mine makes, half a million is made in profit alone! It also happens to be the biggest mine in the world. Richard took Leon and [...]
