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Osmo Genius Starter Kit For iPad Review

*AD-Gifted: We received the Osmo Genius Starter kit in exchange for this post. While L has been home from preschool,…

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Learning At Home With Super Wings
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Learning At Home With Super Wings

*AD-Gifted: We were gifted a selection of Super Wings Toys in exchange for this post – Learning at home with…

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How To Choose The Best Preschool For Your Child?
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How To Choose The Best Preschool For Your Child?

Enrolling into preschool is just the first step on a long schooling journey every child has to go through on…

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Mysteries In Time - History Subscription Box For Kids
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Mysteries In Time: An Adventure Through History For Kids – Giveaway | AD

Are you looking for a fun, educational way to keep your kids entertained? Well, you can travel through history with…

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What Can Parents Do To Help Their Child's Education?
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What Can Parents Do To Help Their Child’s Education?

It’s a common question from parents who want the best possible future for their children and, yet, so many still…

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How Can Parents Help Children Manage Their Mental Health While Homeschooling?
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How Can Parents Help Children Manage Their Mental Health While Homeschooling?

We are at the end of the first week of homeschooling. Well done for doing this! Unfortunately, we don’t know…

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The Best techniques to teach your Kids in an Engaging Way
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The Best Techniques To Teach Your Kids in an Engaging Way!

When you have the kids at home during the holidays, it can sometimes seem like the biggest of challenges keeping…

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Do It Like Dora And Turn Television Into A Classroom Rather Than A Curse
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Do It Like Dora And Turn Television Into a Classroom Rather Than a Curse

On average, our kids now spend around six hours or more using screens every day, with at least four hours…

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How To Help Your Child Choose Their University Course
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How To Help Your Kid Choose The Right University Course

Watching your kid go off to university can be a tough time for a parent. It’s likely the first time…

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Make The Most Of Your Education With These Top Tips
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Make The Most Of Your Education With These Top Tips

School can be a tough experience, and there are many different distractions that might stop you from getting the most…

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How a Child’s Positivity Can Lead to Success in Any Occupation
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How a Child’s Positivity Can Lead to Success in Any Occupation

We’ve all heard of the power of positive thinking. Positivity is more than making vision boards or trying to manifest…

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Posted in Education

Early Years, what’s the best way?

This question is probably the biggest and most debated in the world. Yet it is an important one, as the…

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The Social Journey with Mrs Wordsmith

I love subscription boxes and you can honestly get them for almost anything nowadays. The latest one we are reviewing…

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Posted in Books, Education

Win a Selection of Reading and Activity Books from Oxford University Press

Would you like to win a selection of reading and activity books tailored to the correct stage for your child? …

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Knowing What to Expect On The First Day Of Preschool

The first day that your child attends preschool can be very tough on both the children and parents. It will…

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Posted in Education, Nature

Yorkshire Water: The Yorkshire Fish Pass Scheme

In my day job (when I’m not on maternity leave!) as part of my job role I’m a fishmonger. So…

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Posted in Books, Education

Top Books for Encouraging Discussion

*This is a guest post from Gemma over at Mummy’s Waisted on her top books for encouraging discussion in preschoolers. …

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Posted in Education, Toys

Celebrating British Science Week With The Project Mc2 Doll

Last year you may have remembered that I reviewed the Project Mc2 doll – Ember Evergreen. This year I’m happy to…

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Posted in Education, Parenting

How to introduce colour into early years teaching

The importance of colour in early years. Babies begin to learn from the second that they are born. But stimulating…

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*Happy New Year!* We’ve had a quiet Christmas a *Happy New Year!*

We’ve had a quiet Christmas at home, played lots and ate lots! Like many others! Today we are at the start of a brand new year. A year where we will have a 3 and 5 year old on our hands. The toddler days are slipping away from us now - yay!!

We’ve decided not to plan any holidays at all in 2021 and have a saving year. Being at home all the time means it’s so much easier to save!

It might not be the start of the year we all hoped for, but it’s the one we’ve got to work through. We can do it! The virus never stopped me last year from following my dream and working for myself full time!

Wishing you happiness and health in 2021 xx

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AD-gifted The girls are huge 44 Cats fans. If you AD-gifted  The girls are huge 44 Cats fans. If you haven’t heard of them 44 Cats its a fun kids  show about 4 kittens. The 44 Cats  are – Lampo, Milady, Meatball and Pilou who make up a musical group called “The Buffycats” The animated series covers topics such as friendship, diversity, tolerance and helping others. It’s a great series we love to watch!

We were kindly sent a few items from the series merchandise. The toy sets, pyjamas and jigsaw puzzle. Which can all be found on Amazon so still time to get for those last minute gifts!

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Here we are on the home stretch - the last few day Here we are on the home stretch - the last few days of the Winter term. I’m so proud of this one and how much she has learned since starting school. She’s like a sponge!

Watching her 1st class nativity play via the school app was crushing at the weekend. This stupid virus had denied so many of us. Going to watch her in her first nativity play has always been one of those things I’ve looked forward to since she was born. It was one of those milestones 😥.

However we’ve had a fun and busy weekend. We went to Heligan Gardens for a walk and to write another letter to Santa! Thank goodness the weather was great! That’s the trouble with booking things in advance you don’t know what the weather will be like!

Are you looking forward to the start of the Christmas Holidays?

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AD-Gifted Welcome to the world of Cats Vs Pickles AD-Gifted  Welcome to the world of Cats Vs Pickles! How cute are these super soft bean filled plushies with huge personalities. So soft L doesn’t want to put them down and wants to get the whole collection! 

If you have yet to hear about these soft silly characters. Here is the low down. So Cats are scared of Pickles, but Pickles just want to love Cats! Pickles are super rare and we have yet to find one!!

There are 44 Cats ( we got Blank Page, Puzzle Cat and Goldie Fish) and 4 rare Pickles to find in Series 1. You can get Foodie Cats, Scary Cats, Sweet Cats and Smarty Cats like our Blank Page.

Cats Vs Pickles are an insanely popular trend on YouTube!

I think they make the most adorable stocking fillers at £4.99 each available to buy from @smythstoys
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The four of us! There are very few pictures of all The four of us! There are very few pictures of all of us in one shot! Thanks to my sister @sprout07 for taking this one last weekend! 😘 A walk by the sea is good for the mind. It clears your head. Nothing like it!

I want to say a huge thank you to all my followers, new and old! I’m getting closer to 5000 now. I wanted to get there by the end of this year, but don’t think I’m going to make it!

To all my new followers here is a little bit about us:

▪️I’m Rachel, a self employed blogger, writer and content creator. I hate the word influencer!
▪️We live in beautiful Cornwall. 10 minutes from our closest beach.
▪️I’m the wife of Mr B and mum to two gorgeous girls. L who is 4 and Little Dottie who is 2.
▪️We all love cheese and chocolate (not together obvs!)
▪️I’m a farmer’s daughter so love being outdoors and this has rubbed off on the girls!
▪️We love chickens and have 3 in our garden - Betty, Happy and Norrie.

So this is us! Thank you for every like, comment, save and share. It’s means the world to us and helps us to grow this account.

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We’ve had a fantastic weekend. Finally got to sp We’ve had a fantastic weekend. Finally got to spend time with my sister who has been self isolating for 2 weeks as she returned from Canada. We took a trip to Marazion on Saturday for a walk and hunt for treasures! It was lovely and quiet. In the afternoon we put our tree up. Then yesterday we went for an early morning walk at the park and spent the afternoon writing out Christmas cards!

I love weekends like this. I treasure them more because for around 14 years I worked each Saturday and occasionally Sundays as well. Now I know what I was missing all those years!

Did you get up to anything nice at the weekend?

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