Like millions of other people around the world, my family has been playing and loving Wordle over the last few months. I started doing it on my own, curiosity sparked by all those yellow and green grids in my social media feeds. Then my husband …
If you’ve been reading here for a while, you’re probably aware of my nerd credentials. I love books, Lego, dinosaurs and anything to do with science, especially astronomy. One of the things I was most excited about when we had children was taking them out …
Hello. This is the second of two blog posts on astronomy for families and children. If you missed the first part, you can read it here. All done? Then let’s continue. When you arrive at your chosen stargazing location and find yourselves in the …
Reading was by far my favourite thing to do as a child. My mum regularly chased me out of the house on sunny days because she worried her bookworm of a kiddo wasn’t getting enough Vitamin D. (No-one needs a nerd with rickets, right?) I …
A few weeks ago, I downloaded an app which allows your kiddos to play ‘shop’. You print and cut out the items to stock their supermarket and the app allows them to scan the barcodes and ‘charge’ customers for each item. We’ve had a lot …