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Seven wonders of your toddler’s world
By Rachel Ragg on 18/04/2010 10:57:24
As soon as your toddler is on the move, she’ll enchant you with her boundless curiosity and enthusiasm.
toddlers love… ONE The great explorerYour toddler is a born explorer and even the most unlikely things become a source of fascination and discovery. You need nothing more to satisfy his curiosity than a dustbin filled with enticing rubbish, drainpipes
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How to nurture a budding scientist
By on 20/07/2010 16:47:55
Explosions, magical transformations, crazy happenings. Being a young scientist is so much fun
will adore Richards Hammond’s Blast Lab (Dorling Kindersly, £14.99), which is filled with fun things to do –from creating jelly bean roots from beans to making cabbage dyes in a range of colours; you can make soap monsters and gooey volcanoes, too. For more
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Through the Eyes of Pregnancy
By Junior on 10/12/2009 13:21:00
Junior magazine attended a breakfast at the Connaught Hotel this morning for the launch of Nicky Hambleton-Jones' eyewear.The collection was inspired by Nicky's passion for colour and travel, which she describes as a "journey to self discovery
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Fun of the farm
By Kate Donoughue on 19/04/2011 10:38:51
Meet the animals staying on a family-friendly farm
-catering Canvas Cottages that resemble plush tents, each with three bedrooms that sleep up to six and featuring everything from a fully-equipped kitchen to a roll-top bath and log-burning fire. Meanwhile, the Discovery Trunk contains all little explorers need
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An Adventure
By Jane Anderson on 26/01/2009 12:36:10
Become a family of intrepid explorers - either here in the UK or further afield
in the Alta Badia Valley in the Dolomites, the picture-perfect village of San Cassiano (1,537m) is home to one of Italy’s finest hotels, The Rosa Alpina. This well-loved family hotel is favoured by everyone from Prince Albert of Monaco to Tom Cruise and Katie
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Into the woods
By Clay Johnson on 23/01/2008 10:30:54
Magical and majestic – trees fascinate children.
history…The UK is home to the greatest number of ‘ancient’ trees in northern Europe – an estimated 500,000, including around 50 oak trees that are over 1,000 years old, while some yew trees on these shores are even thought to pre-date Christianity. We have
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Excellent Easter Events
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 20/04/2011 13:08:22
Hatch some Easter plans with our pick of cracking family events
suffering from Easter fatigue.The Museum of English Rural Life, Reading April 12–19Follow the Bunny Trail and search for some extra special prizes.The Submarine Museum, Gosport April 14–21Design an octopus garden on a plate and have a go at cracking codes
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Grandma’s cold comforts – facts and fiction
By Susan Walls on 16/11/2008 10:46:47
Life BC (before Calpol) involved a whole host of bizarre snuffle-soothers. But do grandma’s remedies actually work?
abated, but the smell was overwhelming. Recently, scientists have made another important discovery about avoiding winter colds – have a good laugh. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, found that happy people are three times less
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Jewel of the Caribbean
By Sue Bryant on 04/06/2008 12:29:43
From the ultra-glam to the laid-back welcome for which the Caribbean is famed, Barbados has lots to offer families
.caribtours.co.ukOther InformationVirgin Atlantic: Tel: 0844 209 7777www.virgin-atlantic.comBritish Airways: Tel: 0844 493 0 787www.ba.comBarbados Tourism Authority: Tel: 020 7299 7175www.barbados.org
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Awesome Orlando
By Catherine O'Dolan on 16/04/2010 17:20:50
to Gatorland. But Busch Gardens was our next destination. Home to over 20,000 exotic animals: giraffes, deer, rhinos, meercats, monkeys and, in the new Jungala area, two of the world’s most endangered species, Bengal tigers and orang-utans. The highlight for us
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