Family Natters

Halloween is not complete without ghoulishly decorated buns.

 Kids not only learn important early  maths and social skills from making Halloween buns, but have all the enjoyment of eating them too! 

With pre-schoolers use words such as  one, two, three, more, less, half, round, on top below and under; and let them weigh or measure out ingredients (if […]

Guy Fawkes Night is always great fun, but it can be dangerous tpp.  Every year there are injuries and sometimes even deaths.  Therefore take a moment to think about safety. 

keep pets indoors
only have adults handle and light the fireworks
stand well back when watching fireworks
don’t go back to unexploded fireworks
don’t give babies and toddlers fireworks
make sure children […]

Get your entire 5-a-day intake of veg with this one tasty dish. This recipe is idea if you wish to do the preparation at a different time to the cooking.  It’s special because of the golden potato, carrot and swede topping that, and the use of red wine.
Ingredients
1 onion
175g mushrooms
900g potatoes
225g carrots
450g swede
1 green pepper
1 aubergine
1 […]

It can be difficult sometimes to work out what might be matter with your youngster because they can’t tell you. This following may help.

Illness                Signs and Symptoms
Common cold - sneezing, sore throat, runny nose, headache, irritability
Gastroenteritis - vomiting, diarrhoea, dehydration
Tonsillitis- very sore throat, difficulty in swallowing, fever, headache, aches and […]

Lots of baby girl clothes and toys come in pink. See Baby Annie head to toe below.  It was such a cold day when I took this photo, that her cheecks are pink too.

coat

trousers

dummy

trike

pig and rabbit cuddly toys

 
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You or a member of your family may twist, sprain or turn your ankle  or knee joint during exercise.  It may for example happen when you are bouncing on the trampoline, playing tennis or falling off a bike.  Often there is a tearing, snapping or giving way sensation which is the ligament being overstretched.
The best […]

Tom and I were reading a book about how meat was cooked years ago using a spit. There was a picture of a woman turning the handle to cook the meat evenly.
“I’ve done that,” I told him.
“Really?” he said, his eyes as big as saucers. “Someone tied you to that stick, and turned you over […]

If you have a child who is pre-school or in the Foundation Stage, you are going to hear lots about phonics and phonemes. So what are they?
Actually they’re only a posh word for sounds. When children are about 3 - 5 teachers always call a letter by its sound rather than its letter name. If […]

You can’t have bonfire night without toffee apples.  This recipe is easy enough for children to follow.
Ingredients
6 red + green apples
6 lolly sticks
30g/1oz butter
2 tbsp golden syrup
225g/8oz granulated sugar
110ml/4fl oz water
Method
1. Push the wooden sticks halfway into the apples near the stalk.
2. Put the sugar and water in a  heavy duty pan and dissolve  over […]

Teachers could use this traditional bonfire night rhyme to help plan a literacy lesson. 

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
the Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I see no reason
why Gunpowder Treason
should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent to blow up King and Parliament.
Three-score barrels were laid below to prove old England’s overthrow;
By God’s mercy […]