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Gender-bender toddlers: Beads, boas and boys
By Victoria Stanley on 18/04/2010 10:37:49
What’s all the fuss about a boy who wants to wear a dress?
have surprising educational benefits. The researchers discovered that pursuing ‘girly’ imaginative play that centres on roles and relationships, rather than the purely physical action which tends to predominate for boys, helps develop an important
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The Big Draw 2011
By Fiona McKim on 14/10/2011 12:55:11
Celebrate the power of the pencil with this nationwide campaign for drawing
. Every Age Can Draw!October 15-23Everyone from babies to great-grandparents can make their mark on a permanent mural at Chucklebutties Play And Party Centre, Derbyshire using drawings, photos handprints and footprints.The Big PomonaOctober 25Take inspiration
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Good old fashioned games
By Judith Eagle on 02/10/2012 14:09:00
If you’re nostalgic for simple childhood pleasures, nurture your child’s imagination with spontaneous back-to-basics activities rather than expensive toys or a structured schedule of events. Try some of these more traditional play ideas
to help, such as a length of fabric to be used as a magic carpet or cloak, or a box that can double up as a castle or cave to hide in. For inspiration, take a trip to the Seven Stories Centre for Children’s Books, a stone’s throw from Newcastle’s Quayside
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York Maze
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 17/06/2011 11:56:17
A cornucopia of thrills and spills, from maize maze muddling, to pig racing, pillow jumping and fending off crow attacks...
to help you muddle on through. Star attractions If being the largest maze in Europe weren’t enough, York Maze also boasts the UK’s largest inflatable slide. There are also play areas, pig racing and – new for 2011 – the CrowMania tractor trailer ride
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Top ten family rainy day activities
By Junior on 26/02/2013 09:18:00
Fed up of trying to dodge those puddles? Here is our roundup of ten activities to stave off boredom on a rainy day…
square from the centre of the bottom of a big cardboard box (to create a ‘proscenium arch’ for the show), put ‘curtains’ inside the box at either side, then see what the puppets have to tell you.3. Where are we going today? Pull out a suitcase and have
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Where To Go In Wales
By Suzanne Milne on 14/04/2010 11:16:23
From grand adventures, to urban retreats, rural romps, fairytale holidays or casual coastal days away, the choice is yours with these places to go in Wales
modern interiors. From this hotel, you are on the doorstep of the city centre as well as the stunning Mumbles and Gower coastline with parks and gardens. Activities include sailing, surfing, sea angling, canoeing, rowing and hiking.Visit www
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The best summer days out in The South
By Fiona McKim on 19/06/2012 13:59:00
Savour the sunny season at one of these fabulous family events
, dancing, Punch and Judy performances, barbequed food and a parade through the town centre. Pirate Play DaysJuly 21–September 2Young buccaneers can channel their inner Jack Sparrow at this afternoon of pirate-themed fun at Chatham Historic Dockyard where
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Trisha Krauss on illustrating Maude: The Not-So-Noticeable Shrimpton
By Catherine O'Dolan on 16/01/2013 16:26:40
Meet the Shrimptons, the flamboyant family at the centre of the vibrant children's book collaboration with Lauren Child
, simple as that. Hector reminds me of my first Weinmeiner dog, and Gene Kelly with his constant toe-tapping. Maude is very much a Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family as played by Christina Ricci. Constance, with her adorable curls, had to be Little
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Fabulous Festive Days Out In London
By Fiona McKim on 10/11/2011 10:00:42
Our pick of the happiest yuletide happenings in the capital
grotto. As well as the £2 donation for visiting the grotto going towards the National Literacy Trust, visitors to the shopping centre who donate to the campaign will receive a personalised Christmas card with an exclusive drawing by illustrators including
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The height of luxury: Sherwood Forest treehouses
By Junior on 24/08/2011 14:05:45
If you thought treehouses were just for your children to play in, think again. These days the whole family can enjoy the high life holidaying at leaf level
massive circular dining table and a daybed so big that half a dozen people could lie on it quite comfortably (an assumption later proved correct). But perhaps the most eye-catching aspect is the enormous tree trunk that takes pride of place in the centre
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