One of my favourite things to do with kids in London is to take a tour of the Natural History Museum. As a child, it was my favourite museum and even now as an adult there is always something new that I discover and learn. Introducing the kids to museums both cultural and natural has become one of our family…
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One of our favourite museums that we have visited recently with the kids is The Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway. We are fortunate to have friends that live in the country so took them up on the invite to visit and on the way explored a little bit of the capital city Oslo. The Viking Ship Museum is an…
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We love to paint from simple process art projects like the Shaving Foam Marbling which is ideal to do with kids from toddlers upwards or painting for a purpose or craft. Using different types of paints and media has always been something I’ve encouraged the kids to do and from an early age, we have used watercolours alongside the ready-mixed…
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Arts and crafts are one of our favourite ways to explore different themes with our toddlers and preschoolers here on Rainy Day Mum. We like getting creative and making easy toddler crafts that are great for preschoolers as well. But sometimes we want to explore painting techniques instead of actually making something. One of my favourite painting techniques to explore…
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One of our favourite book-themed activities is to set up a sensory bin to retell a favorite story. Our Gruffalo inspired sensory bin invites toddlers and preschoolers to move the characters through the different scenes recreated in the sensory bin as they review their favourite story. So here we go How to Set up a Gruffalo Sensory Bin and use…
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A couple of week’s ago I share our timings for the perfect roast dinner and I promised you all my Yorkshire Pudding recipe. Now it’s taken a while to perfect this and for years we have had OKish Yorkshire’s or Batter Puddings with our roast. But since moving to the new house I’ve been experimenting A LOT in the kitchen…
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Are you dreading the summer when all of the toddler and preschool groups stop? Worrying how to keep the kids smiling without losing your mind? Then our annual Online Summer Camp is exactly what you need. The Virtual Book Club for Kids Summer Camp For the 7th year, myself, Kim (The Educators’ Spin On It) and Kristina (Toddler Approved)…
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