Posts tagged as:

toddler

Salt Dough

July 19, 2009 Activities

This is a brilliant thing to play with, especially when you want an indoor activity. It is so easy, even little ones from about 18 months can help make it, plus it’s kneaded rather than stirred. The salt taste is so strong even my kids won’t eat it, and my eldest has been known to [...]

A Little (Science) Lesson on the Side

July 9, 2009 Babies

How do we fit science in as well as everything else we have to do with our kids?

Jumping in puddles

June 27, 2009 Babies

Activities to do with babies and toddlers when it’s raining.

Website Review: Some online games

June 20, 2009 Activities

This might be a bit controversial, I’m sure there will be people who dislike the idea of small kids and computer games. My reasoning is that computers are here to stay. They are going to be the main way our children communicate – this is how they will get information and how they will work. [...]

OK, so what is science?

June 18, 2009 General science

There is a huge body of science philosophy and history that addresses this question. This is not part of it. This blog is aimed at parents, not scientists and philosophers, so I’m not going to throw words like falsifiability* around too much. I’ve seen it claimed that science is on a par with religions, that [...]