Museum of Childhood...
Absoulutely love this concept,
The Museum of Childhood is due to re-open in Autumn 2006 following an extensive refurbishment programme and I can't wait. Children will love it and parents and families will love it too. Future exhibitions include
Lost in space, and
Happy Birthday Miffy. My daughter will really appreciate that. The Museum of childhood gives you the
opportunity to explore themes of childhood past and present and it's not just about toys but of course they
feature.
Take a look at the
kids pages too and Enjoy...
Container Pot Gardens - Courtesy of Katrina's Little Gardeners (blog)
I absolutely love this
idea posted up by Katrina Mooneyham, Ohio, USA at
Katrina's Little Gardeners and will be trying it out with my little one this spring and summer. I've missed gardening having laid off it during my pregnancy and whilst off on maternity leave too. I'll post up pictures of the results as things progress. Would love to see your container gardens too!! send me links and enjoy...
QUICK BIT - Toys, what are your favourites...
Whilst looking again at Hsien Hsien Lei's
Play Library I'm reminded to post about my absolute favourite toys for my daughter. A combination of money well spent, and every day interest through child and parent play means the wooden bricks and toy buggy get the thumbs up from all of us.
Hsien ask's what your kiddies have built with wooden bricks
http://www.playlibrary.com/2006/04/20/toy-creations-wooden-blocks/I am also biased and just love traditional and wooden toys - so much so that I am hoping to set up a toy library / toy surgery along these lines. However there is always room for the odd electronic digression and again Hsien may have tempted me away with the following:
Picture courtesy of
www.amazon.comRead more about Pleo courtesy of
Amazon and
Hsien's Play Library Enjoy...
QUICK BIT - What to buy 3rd time around mum to be...
Very useful
discussion on Mumsnet about what to buy for a new mum 2nd, 3rd or nth time around. Enjoy!
QUICK BIT - New addition at *posts I like*
Visit this link
http://journals.concrete.org.au/nat/archives/displays_of_creativity/#a000876 or see below.
Enjoy!
TOY RECALL AND TOY WARNING FOR MAGNETIX
Following many incidents and controversy about the dangers of Magnetix toys, the company that produces the product have re-called their products. Hsien Hsien Lei
details the recall and others
detail incidents and dangers of the product also. Namely the swallowing of the magnetic parts presents many dangers, further information can be found at the
US Consumer Product Safety Commission. Please take action and let others know. For more information on Hsien's
Play Library, see post below or follow the link.
kids pages too and Enjoy...
