Infants and children need emotional, physical, and social interactions to develop and grow. Creating a warm, safe, and conducive environment that helps stimulate learning is necessary. Psychologists believe that creating a room that is ideal for learning while being a safe space is excellent for the intellectual and emotional stability of the child. Since the first five years of a child are crucial for future development, providing colours, shapes, and a child-friendly environment is necessary for proper functioning and organisation.
Peace of mind for your family’s future.
Lately, we have been thinking about getting all of our affairs in order for our family’s future. It’s easy to live in the moment, especially when you are still young but with four children to support, I feel much better knowing that our family is covered for whatever surprises and circumstances that life could throw at us.
Recently, we got our wills put together, along with lasting power of attorney and guardianship for the children. One of the interesting topics that came up when discussing with the lawyers was about different types of insurance that we have such as life insurance, mortgage insurance, and income protection insurance. These offer you such peace of mind, especially in today’s climate when we have no idea what each year will bring in the job market.
Feeling isolated during this pandemic? Date in a Dash has your back
This year has been tough. The strict regulations following the Covid-19 pandemic have forced many of us into long weeks of solitude and isolation. When things were starting to feel a little bit normal again a second wave pushed the world into a second lockdown. Businesses have been struggling but they have also been very creative to keep the ball rolling. In this article we will talk a little bit about online dating and how you can still safely connect with people and keep sane during these turbulent times. Dress to impress, get a glass of wine – in my case – and lets make some new friends shall we?
A quick guide to making your house eco-friendly
Eco-friendly living solutions are getting more accessible and palpable than it used to be a few years ago. If we look back to only a couple of decades ago, we have definitely come a long way into finding more sustainable ways of living as a society. The new generations and the easy and fast access to the internet have been pushing us into being more aware of the necessity to protect the environment. In this article we will bring you a few ideas on how to make your house a more eco-friendly space in a few very simple steps.
Double Glazing
Smiggle Christmas
Smiggle have so many fun products for kids. It’s a great place to look, especially if you are needing some stocker filler ideas for your little ones. With a 50 budget we were able to order all of the below on the Smiggle website and these products are already giving my kids hours of fun, and helping to keep them busy especially as we are spending more time at home.
Smiggle products are great for enhancing children’s creativity and artistic side and the products are all very cute so my kids enjoy using these.
Here are a few of our favourite products that we selected from Smiggle.
Christmas Shopping Across the Miles with Moonpig
This year, Christmas is going to be a bit different for everyone with all of the Corona Virus restrictions and lockdowns. It can be hard to share the festive season with loved ones from a distance, but Moonpig offer some great gift and card options which can be sent directly to your loved ones to help remind them how much you care and are thinking about them.
Moonpig sent us some of their lovely gifts, and a voucher to spend on their website so we could see just how easy it was to shop with them online.
When you think of Moonpig, you normally first think of their personalised cards but they also have a much wider range of gifts available than I had realised.
Storage solutions when you need the most
Life is full of surprises and some of them can be quite stressful. Having moving house many times and also moving countries I had some amazing and some not very pleasant experiences. The excitement of the new beginnings can be incredibly fulfilling but also bring a lot of headaches if you don’t plan in advance. In this article we will talk about self storage options that can put your mind to rest when it comes to moving house.
How To Take Care Of Your Skin During The Cold Winter Season
The winter months can be a challenge in a lot of ways. The short days that lack sunlight are slightly depressing. Commuting during a snowstorm is also nerve wracking and stressful. And being inside a lot is boring.
Add to the fact that your skin usually suffers in the winter and you have a recipe for a long, long season to come. It’s dry and cold so your skin is usually irritated and sensitive which makes it hard to feel comfortable exactly when you need it most.
In this article, I will give you some winter skin care tips to keep you feeling good so you can tackle that season like it was nothing at all.
Cloudberries Puzzles
Playing with puzzles and games is not just for children. For a few years now, I have been doing 1000 piece puzzles and I find it the most effective and relaxing thing for stress relief. I love it so much. In a world where we are constantly rushing around from one task to another without time to take a minute or be still, I really appreciate how much doing puzzles forces me to slow down and allows me to take time for myself.
Cloudberries are a UK-based company that creates fun, design-led jigsaw puzzles for adults. They allowed me to choose a puzzle from their site to review, and I went for the Patchwork jigsaw puzzle.
7 Hands-On STEAM Lesson Plans for the Home Classroom
For many parents, there’s nowhere that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been felt more than in education. Students are suddenly stuck at home for part or all of the week, and parents are scrambling to help their children keep up and develop the skills they need.
STEAM skills (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) are now emphasized as particularly critical. But many parents aren’t sure where to start when teaching these skills, particularly if they don’t consider themselves STEAM-oriented.
However, STEAM is for everybody. It’s what holds our world together, from the wiring in a junction box to the architectural characteristics of a home. Whether you’ve been homeschooling from the get-go or you’re supplementing virtual learning, these easy, hands-on lesson plans will help your kids develop their STEAM skills in a way that anybody can understand and stay engaged with.