Fab Mums

When it comes to educating children about recycling there is no better way than a playful environment, which can be paired with a reward system to keep the interest going. I have posted before about the initiative in place at my son’s school about Capitan Eco point system for recycling, a very clever initiative that [...]

The number one wish on my son’s long list to Santa was a camera. As a first reaction I thought  that a digital camera to a 6 year old was a little extravagant  and it definitely risked to be a short lived present  too so I was tempted to give him my first digital camera, [...]

Visiting a museum can be a very dispersing experience for kids who have so much to take in all at once, that’s why museums’ visits for children should be channeled to specific sections for them to take the information having fun and focus their attention to an area that they will remember. The backpacks available [...]

Museums have really become children friendly in recent years and not just the usual family oriented museums that have always appealed to children, but more traditional national treasures like the British Museum now offer specific trails and explorer backpacks for more enjoyable family visits.  
The British Museum has in place a series of facilities for [...]

I love crafts and I love books so when I was contacted by Ammo Books for a review of the new crafts book Kid Made Modern by artist Todd Oldham I couldn’t wait to receive it. I knew it was coming from the US so I expected it to take a little while to get [...]

The Natural History Museum has always been one of my favourite museums and more so since I have been a mum. Now that my son is at school age he can really take part in the fantastic family activities suggested by the museum for children in his age group. As well as the hand-on activities, [...]

The Tate Modern is one of our favourite places, whenever we are in London we wander down to the South Bank and have an early morning visit so we avoid the really busy time. In view of an imminent trip to London I was looking around the Tate Modern website for any interesting exhibitions and [...]