November 2013 | Let Kids Be Kids

November, 2013

Puddle scooting

One of my children’s favourite activity, is jumping in puddles. At the weekend, daddy was away and we ‘really‘ needed to get out of the house, even in the rain! So, on went the wellies and coats. Two of my kids wanted to take scooters, so I thought, fine. We walked/scooted through the park, unfortunately …Continue reading

Nov

Winter fun activity list

Autumn is over and winter has well and truly arrived, with its cold short days. I am guessing lots of people don’t like winter, however, I don’t mind it. I like wrapping up in a cosy warm jumper, going for a walk in the very fresh morning air, surrounded by frost. I love coming home …Continue reading

Nov

Let kids be kids linky 26/11/13

Welcome to let kids be kids linky. This is a linky all about letting kids be kids, getting back to basics and having great childhood fun. We live in such a fast paced modern world with loads of technology and stresses round every corner, we need to remember to just ‘play’ and have fun, it’s …Continue reading

Nov

A screen free day

This site is all about getting back to basics, letting children be children and just ensuring our kids have great basic childhood fun. Children are now growing up in a very fast paced, modern world with technology at every turn. This technology does need to be embraced, as it is part of our society and …Continue reading

Nov

Autumn activities list round up

At the beginning of Autumn, I wrote my autumn activities list (on my twinlifeonline site), which was a kind of bucket list of all the things we wanted to do throughout autumn. As we are fast approaching December and christmas, I thought I’d write about how we got on…… Go on a leaf walk (kick about …Continue reading

Nov

Elf on the shelf christmas tradition

As a family, we all love christmas and the build up to it. It is such a special time of year, for giving, thinking of others, traditions, fun, children and family. Last year, I first heard about ‘the elf on the shelf’, a great christmas tradition. He is a little elf you can buy, he …Continue reading

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Tips for encouraging kids away from the screens

Following on from my post about kids tv time, I thought I’d pass on some tips about getting kids away from the screens…. Tips for encouraging kids away from screens Chatting – Try (however hard it may be with some teenagers?!) to spark up some conversations, debates, or how about incorporating a ‘catch up’ routine …Continue reading

Nov

Play trail walk

Last weekend, we went to the New Forest for a few days. We had the best family break together. The New Forest is such an amazing place to take children, there is so much to do, whatever the weather. I particularly like it in autumn, it can be so beautiful, with all the amazing range …Continue reading

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Volcano magic!

Most of us like to do arts and crafts with our children at some point, but how many of us do experiments? I know I never have. Last week, BB desperately wanted to take part in an after school science club, but unfortunately (for the 3rd time), he didn’t get in (well, not until January …Continue reading

Nov

Childhood Guy Fawkes Fun

It’s Guy Fawkes night, so last weekend we had loads of fun. We enjoyed collecting sticks for our bonfire. We all made a guy together. BB drew the face on the mask while his sisters stuffed newspaper into the clothes for the Guy. They all got really excited about this and then proceeded to …Continue reading

Nov

Let kids be kids linky 5/11/13

Welcome to let kids be kids linky. This is a linky all about letting kids be kids. It’s about getting back to basics and having great childhood fun. We live in such a fast paced modern world with loads of technology and stresses round every corner, we need to remember to just ‘play’ and have …Continue reading

Nov

kids TV time debate

How much time should children be spending in front of the TV? I am sure lots of parents ask this question, but from the research I have done, there is no definitive answer. The UK has no formal guidelines on the amount of time children should spend in front of the TV. However, you might …Continue reading

Nov

Fireworks art

As it’s nearly Guy Fawkes night, I thought it would be nice to do some fireworks pictures with the children. Firstly we did some wax crayon pictures….. Wax crayon fireworks pictures The children enjoyed colouring the bright wax crayon colours and then scraping off the black, to reveal the colourful fireworks underneath. It was just …Continue reading

Nov

Pumpkins, spiders and lanterns

As it’s halloween, I thought I ought to do some things with the children (even though I don’t really like halloween). But I must admit, you can get lots of fun activities out of halloween. Spider cakes First, we made some spider and cat cakes. Nana baked the cakes. The children then iced them with …Continue reading

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