to settle down to eat your dinner is checking whether your child's food is cut into small enough portions, so prepare and serve their meals first. 

has pick-your-own fruits throughout summer – from berries and apples to pears and plums. Tel: 01633 680938 or visit www.berryhillfruitfarm.co.ukHooton’s Home Grown Farm, Anglesey The Welsh regional winners of Gary Rhodes’ Local Food Heroes 2008

the heat for the last 15 minutes). Remove and serve with butter and honey.5. Taste testing  Blindfold your child, then set up a range of foods that she will have to identify (ice-cream, pickles, yogurt, cereal, cookies, and so on). Ask her to describe each

1. Write your name or funny messages in the sand with shells2. Decorate sand-pies and sandcastles with different shaped shells3. Have a rock-pool ramble  Learn about the food chain of this natural aquarium so your child understands how it works

Grand MansionsThe mighty Gleneagles Hotel has just undergone an £18 million redevelopment and now has a redesigned leisure area for children and teens, a world-class destination spa and a Mediterranean food market-style restaurant. It also has

garden. You’ll need a tent, some bedding, seating and food to cook on your fire. If fires aren’t allowed in your area, light a trangia (make sure there is very close adult supervision at all times) and roast marshmallows, flame-grill your (pre

and whatever materials you can find (in your island box). After making a place to spend the night, search for food, or go fishing (using string and a yardstick) and see what you can catch. Then tell stories about your adventure and draw pictures from

with paper towels. Tell your child to sit each clean coin in front of its glass so they can judge the winning solution.2. Make slime  Pour half a cup of glue into a bowl. Add half a cup of liquid starch and two drops of green food colouring. Stir until

game drive, when you might see hippos taking a bath or elephants gathering their clan. As darkness falls, Ulusaba’s pride of jeeps makes its way back to the Lodge. As guests take their seats around the banquet table, the five-star food take second place

toss them in water they exercise and then they sleep really well. Traveling with toddlers, make sure you bring food, you bring entertainment. We use bribery quite a lot. We wanted them to see themselves as travelers from the time they were little. We