Activities
Ingenious Inventions
Summer fun at the National Civil War Centre
F is for Faith (…and fuchsia)
Every mother knows that her own children are gorgeous but it's always nice to hear it confirmed by other people too. And it was lovely to hear that a photo I shared of Faith on @TheMiniMalpi Twitter account caught the attention of the artist behind Bertie Bear Button...
The BFG, Mr Men and a gecko’s echo…
Newark Book Festival 2017
#30DaysWild Day 30 – Tattershall bats
We were going to go camping this weekend but the adverse weather forecast earlier in the week made us decide it was not the right time for Faith's first foray into canvas living. It has, of course, mainly been a lovely day after all and the weekend looks set to be the...
Newark Book Festival 2017
The biggest ever Newark Book Festival promises to transform the Nottinghamshire town into a land of adventure and heroes during the event's weekend of July 15th and 16th. Back for its third year, more than 100 authors, artists, entertainers, wordsmiths and street...
#30DaysWild Day 27 – I’m Not Cute!
Tonight's storytime was I'm Not Cute! by Jonathan Allen. Baby owl takes a walk through the forest and encounters other woodland animals who all think he's cute and fluffy. Baby owl disagrees. Vehemently. He thinks he's a "huge and scary hunting machine". But when...
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#30DaysWild – Days 11, 12 & 13
Day 11 - Talking a walk Since Luke started school in September and we were unable to get a local school space I've been driving the school run nearly every day and not walking nearly as much as I used to and, most of the time, I miss it. Today logistics determined...
#30DaysWild Day 10 – Open Farm Sunday
Today we were some of the hundreds of thousands of people taking advantage of LEAF Open Farm Sunday's opportunity to discover the work that goes into producing our food. In 2016 we visited Uncle Henry's in Grayingham but today, lured by the promise of pond dipping...
#30DaysWild Day 9 – Flowers and feathers
Flowers on her face and feathers on her owl crown!
#30DaysWild Day 8 – Who’s been eating these leaves?
Today we spotted lots of holes in leaves in our garden that some hungry caterpillars may have been snacking on. Luke's class have been looking after some caterpillars at school and have just seen them fly away. Back in May we looked at their transformation cycle as...
#30DaysWild Days 6 & 7 – Poo and kite craft
What better way to introduce young children to the natural world than via poo? Described as "a scatalogical masterpiece", The Story of the Little Mole who knew it was none of his business by Werner Holzwarth and Wolf Erlbruch has long been a favourite in our house and...
#30DaysWild Day 5 – A Busy Day For Birds
Have you been doing the Bookstart Bird Boogie this week? The chosen book for this year's National Bookstart Week (June 4th-10th) is A Busy Day for Birds by Lucy Cousins and we picked one up this morning at a Children's Centre group. Similar to last year's Everybunny...