How to help your child use computers wisely & safely

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Most children are skilled at using the computer and are keen to have a turn and there are a huge variety of websites designed specifically for them. It can be good way for them to spend some time over the long summer holidays and have some fun playing games, finding out information and getting ideas for [...]

Entertain the children for less this summer

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The summer holidays are now in full swing and I really value this time to be at home, to allow the children to relax and indulge their imagination and also to catch up with friends  and relatives who we are just too busy to see during term time.  However it is also nice to make the most of the [...]

Parents deserve a holiday too

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People view the long summer holidays differently – some love the chance to be free from the school run and rush of term time whilst others see it as a logistical nightmare to get the kids looked after and entertained whilst they juggle work or just a vast amount of time in which to entertain [...]

12 Tips to Help your Business Survive the Summer Holidays

“Summer time, and the living in easy….” Well maybe for some, but summer time for mumpreneurs is often a complicated mix of childcare arrangements, snatched hours at the computer, all washed down with a massive amount of guilt. Why guilt you may ask? Well, I’m assuming many of you, decided to set up your own [...]

School Holiday Manifesto

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Are you looking forward to the summer holidays or dreading them? However you feel you can’t escape that they are now upon us. As we embark on the holidays I’m actually really looking forward to a break from the school run routine – but I know that a week or so in I may be [...]

Have fun this half term

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I love all the school holidays – but this May half term is usually one of my favourites as the brighter and generally warmer weather is here and is a great time to have a fun relaxing week with the children before the last part of the school year. We tend to run out of [...]

HOORAY! It’s half-term

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Now I know that at least half of you are thinking I may be suffering some sort of delusion or mental breakdown; how can she possibly be cheering the school holidays? The other half know why. It’s quite simple: I love being with my children and the whole reason I was a stay at home [...]

10 Great Garden Games for Kids

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When the weather is good, getting out in the garden is one of summers pleasures. I am sure that most of you, like me, have a garden littered with an array of brightly coloured plastic toys, balls, bats, bikes, scooters, slides etc. However children often tire of their toys and are quick to announce “I’m bored……..”.  [...]

10 Ways to Get Work Done during the School Holidays

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It’s holiday time again and already you may be beginning to wonder ‘How am I ever going to fit in any work?’. Most of us are self-employed because of the flexibility this affords us to be able to be with the children during their holidays. But how do you keep everything ticking along? Nobody said it [...]