Fab Mums

After two weeks of complete relax, eating ice cream on the beach and collecting shells we are back with a seasonal craft idea. As you all know by now we don’t regard popsicle sticks as rubbish, on the contrary we think they are great for making things. For today’s craft we made a picture frame [...]

As a firm supporter of learn through play techniques I am always on the lookout for new ideas and tools to make learning fun for young children. I believe in good foundations and a fun approach to education from a very young age is invaluable to help kids through school later on. The amount of [...]

Learning Colors With Fruit and Learning Colors With Vegetables are two educational Apps that combine delightful early 20th Century illustrations with lyrical poems aimed to young children learning colours and the names of healthy fruit and vegetables. Based on Elizabeth Gordon’s Mother Earth’s Children’s Book these two Apps developed by Once Upon an App are [...]

The Sardinian countryside is beautiful at this time of the year, before the heat of the sun makes everything go golden – which is beautiful too by the way– we are blessed with lush green meadows covered with wild flowers. Splashes of yellow, white and lilac adorn the side of the road, which makes up [...]

With spring is in the air, the first thing I want to do is to put away those warm socks and with little feet getting bigger every season there is definitely no point in keeping them for next winter. This week-end we spared some of my son’s socks the grim future of becoming dusters and [...]

Dr Seuss’ books have helped generations of kids to learn how to read with a simple technique based on repetitions of the primary words written in catching rhymes that are easy to remember. It works well, kids love the classic Dr Seuss’ stories and parents approve so it is not surprising that Dr Seuss has [...]

The active kids campaign last year has donated to many schools and groups in local communities and the 2010 campaign intends to do just the same and more. Thanks to shoppers at Sainsbury’s, who simply collected vouchers, then donated them to schools and groups taking part, kids of all ages have benefited. Watch the video [...]