As our little girl turned 8, she wanted to celebrate with a MAGIC party! Invitations were homemade by herself – she cut out a photo of herself and used a scanner to incorporate it in to a magicians’ outfit… (This is the original picture which we put up in the kitchen!) Decorations were simple – [...]
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A Magic Party!
Posted in Celebrations, In The Kitchen, Marvelous Maya's Creations, The art of media and technology on March 20, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Letter R !
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Awesome Alfie's Art & Stuff, Books, Building and discovery, Letters and Numbers, Marvelous Maya's Creations, Sensory, The art of media and technology on March 14, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Letter R… …is of course for RED… And RHYMES… (the kids have always loved these silly non-sensical rhyming books) And RAINBOWS… Even rainbows in our bubble station were observed… R is also for many wonderful stories. Such as RED RIDING HOOD sand RAPUNZEL. Both of which we enjoyed reading on the fabulous interactive Grimm’s apps. [...]
Roller-Coaster Riding!
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Building and discovery, Journeys and Trips, The art of media and technology on July 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One thing that took over our lives a couple of weeks ago. Roller-coasters! It seemed to be that Leon and his friend James still had a lot in common. The speed and ferocity of roller-coasters… Not necessarily riding them… …Mostly just observing… …Mostly… And this deeply shared passion inspired the making of many roller-coasters. Did [...]
Have You Discovered Any Treasure Yet?
Posted in Building and discovery, Journeys and Trips, The art of media and technology on May 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Or more correctly – have you discovered ‘Geocaching’ yet? If not, then this is an exciting way to treasure hunt with your kids – without hiding the treasure! We discovered this a while back, and we’re still having fun marking off our treasure spots… Now they say there’s some treasure hidden here somewhere… Hmmm…. Right [...]
City Bingo
Posted in Building and discovery, Everyday things.., Journeys and Trips, The art of media and technology on January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Are we in ‘stan’ now mummy?” Maya uttered as we drove in to Stockholm. The Swedes refer to the nearest biggest city as ‘stan’ – the immediate translation being ‘town’. Despite being born in London, UK, neither Leon nor Maya have the understanding of living in a really big town, or city, having moved to [...]
A Recycled Puzzle
Posted in Arts and Crafts, The art of media and technology on January 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In these days of being an ‘at home dad’, my husband is proving to be something short of a pedagogic genius! We had this puzzle. I bought it many years ago when Leon was small, but it has never been a popular one… So Richard gave it a little spice by adding some personal photos… [...]
A Super ‘Super Mario’ Party!
Posted in Celebrations, In The Kitchen, The art of media and technology on September 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
When Leon said he wanted a ‘Super Mario’ themed birthday party, a small voice inside me shouted “help”! Not being one who is overly keen on computer games, and who tries to keep them to a minimum, it was a tricky theme for me. However, ‘Super Mario’ is really a very sweet game, about a couple [...]
Mathematical Children
Posted in Books, Letters and Numbers, Role play, The art of media and technology on June 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Despite not having an ounce of number skills in my own head, always having been the subject that filled me with fear when at school, it appears I have very mathematically minded children. Maya appears to be excellent at problem solving and really enjoys the addition worksheets that Leon eagerly writes for her, and has [...]
Comic Series Galore
Posted in Books, Letters and Numbers, The art of media and technology on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In his thrill of being able to read independently Leon has lately discovered ‘Kalle Anke’ (Donald Duck) comics, spending his pocket money buying second hand ones at a comic specialist shop in the Old Town. and having received a ‘make your own’ Star Wars comic and sticker kit for his birthday last year from Maxine… [...]
The Rules Of The Game
Posted in Letters and Numbers, The art of media and technology on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In these long cold days of winter, where sickness prevails (!), we have found ourselves playing a lot of card and board games. After spending a couple of hours yesterday playing various board games with Leon, he decided to invent his own! ‘Kid pix’ is an excellent computer drawing program which Leon and Maya have [...]
