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The Benefits of School Trips for Children*
There is something about when a coach pulls up at the school gates that automatically tells you that you’re going to have a good time. There are so many benefits to be reaped from a field trip from social development to making lasting memories. We have paired up with a prep school in Buckingham to share the benefits of school trips for children in this post. Develop Social Skills Whilst there is time for social interaction during break times at school, it merely offers children the chance to meet new people other than their peers that they are used to. Going on field trips can allow your child to experience…
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Helping Your Child Develop their Critical Thinking*
Critical thinking skills can help you to understand, analyse and formulate arguments better. This is a vital life skill needed to make decisions at all levels and can help your child to think like a leader. There are 3 main parts of critical thinking – problem-solving, research and analysis. We have teamed up with a boys school in London to explore how you can build these skills and develop your child’s critical thinking ability. Brainstorming Presenting problems to your child that are open to interpretation can help them to exercise their creativity and problem solving by getting them to explore different perspectives. For this, you might use riddles, although you…
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How to Raise an Inquisitive Child*
Children have such far-stretching imaginations and are born with a natural tendency to wonder. Nurturing curiosity can help to improve academic performance in children by prepping the brain for learning and making the process a much more rewarding one. I have teamed up with a boys pre prep school in London to share tips on how to raise an inquisitive child. Investigative Games A brilliant way of stimulating your child’s natural curiosity is to introduce investigative games. Games such as Guess Who and The Horrible Histories board game are great examples. This can help to make learning fun and rewarding for children whilst building essential research and problem-solving skills. Field…
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How The Odd Selfish Break Makes You a Better Mum*
When you’re a mum to young children, there’s never much in the way of ‘me time’. Of course, our children command 100% of our attention and make our lives wonderful. But there can be times during those early years when they are so utterly dependent on you for so many aspects of their daily routine that you feel there’s not much room for anything but looking after them. Often, you can go through an entire day by rushing from one task to another, with barely time for a cup of tea along the way. If you find yourself sitting on the sofa at the end of the day, not really…
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5 Things to do to Make a Long Distance Relationship Work*
In the year of 2021, there are so many different kinds of relationships that are completely normalised, one of which is of course, the long distance relationship. Long distance relationships can occur for many different reasons, different life paths, job ops that are too good to pass up, or just not in a situation, financial or other to move to be together at one point or another. Thankfully, we also live in the day and age where it’s much easier to maintain a long distance relationship, than it was say even 10 years ago. Thanks to technology, the internet and even social media, it’s much easier to stay in touch…
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Love Your Red Hair Day*
Did you know that November 5th is not only Bonfire Night here in the UK, but it’s #LoveYourRedHair day! While I was a natural blonde as a child, I have been a red head for almost half my life and even when I have tried on the few occasions to stray away from the red, my hair stubbornly refuses to be any other colour. When I dyed it blonde, it had a gingery hue and when I tried to be brown it had red undertones, I guess the bottom line is, these days I absolutely feel like a red head, and that’s okay. In fact, I love it and couldn’t…
