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We have continued our #freerangesummer this week in France thanks to Thompson Alfesco at La Croix du Vieux Pont in Picardy. It is the first time we have experienced a French campsite and we are all loving it. We have spent the days exploring the local area and visiting lots of chateaux where the children can […]
We spent a fabulous couple of days at Kielder Forest staying at Leaplish water park last weekend and I have to say that it was AMAZING. I promise a full review and update of our #EpicKielder adventure, but in the meantime I will leave you with some images.
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Can you believe that it is less than 4 weeks until the children go back to school, much sooner than that for my fiends in Scotland. Time really does fly when you are having fun. I appreciate that not everyone is as lucky as me to be able to take the summer off work
Parents should always encourage their children for riding bicycles. Riding bicycle induces self-confidence amongst children. It makes them feel that there is nothing in the world that they cannot manage with proper practice. Apart from building self-confidence, this activity also fortifies the relationship between parents and children. Parents try to spend more time with their
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Part of our #freerangesummer means that I have to learn to let go and be a little more relaxed with my parenting style.
We are also trying to reduce our dependance on screens for those I am boarded moments whilst waiting for food to be served or waiting in queses with small games and have recently been sent Dobble from Esdevium Games, which is a card game and the perfect size for keeping in my bag. It is a card game, which is based on the concept of snap and needs, speed, good observation and super fast reflexes. You can play up to five different mini games from the one tin of 55 cards (which are circular) and is a great game for all ages and is currently less than £10.
What are your favorite screen free pastimes?
Learn how to bubble write
Colouring in
Write a book report
Try some decoupage
Write a letter to a penpal
Make fingerprint art
plan and cook a meal
Make a masking tape race track or town
Make your own play dough
Make paper flowers
Looking for more ideas, then Cass at Frugal Family has some more great rainy day ideas on her blog.
Pen and Paint is Lindsay Hopkins and I first discovered her fab artwork on Instagram. We now have four of her prints around our house and we love them Everytime I look at them they make me smile and people always comment on them.
Nor does it mean that I let them be bored or fail to plan activities for us as a family. I am not a parent that see’s boredom as a virtue, in fact I have a bored jar for times like that! No a #freeRange Summer means that I am trying to give my children
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