Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Abbey Home Media is releasing The Adventures of Abney and Teal – Faraway Island on 9th September 2013. Ms C and Mr K miss a lot of their favourite shows now that they are both in school full time. So they were both over the moon when I gave them the disc!
Three Little Dinosaurs is a book written and illustrated by Charles Fuge. The book is suitable for ages 2 to 5. It is published by Parragon. It is a paperback containing about 24 pages. The fonts are various sizes and bold. They are quite easy to read by young reader. It is beautifully illustrated and the dinos are very cute too.
Any fans of Bubble Guppies out here? We sure do in this house! Ms C loves bubble guppies especially Molly. For those who don’t know Bubble Guppies, it is shown at 9.30am on Nick Jr. It is an interactive show that teaches kids about a wide range of topics – from dinosaurs to dentists, rock & roll to recycling, and colours to cowboys. Through these topics, kids learn about science, maths, literacy, and much more in this preschool musical comedy set in a vibrant, aquarium-inspired underwater classroom.
Early this month, we went to Warwick castle to see the launch of the second series of Mike the Knight – Be a Knight, Do it Right!
This Wednesday was Ms C’s last day in nursery and yesterday was her graduation ceremony at Burton Adventure Farm. This is our lovely Ms C collecting her certificate and goody bag. There were a lot of tears but we will still see the lovely teachers again. The nursery is just next to her primary school! I want to say a big thanks to the nursery staff for their hard work. Ms C has achieved so much in a year.
We are a massive fan of Trunki and have bought a lot of their products like Trunki Ride along, BoostApaks and Paddlepak! For those who do not know Trunki, they make fun, innovative travel gear for families on the go. Now they have launched their first ever app, and it’s completely free for you to download, with no sneaky in app purchases! It’s aimed at children aged 3 to 6 years old and is designed to help with their numeracy and hand-eye coordination, but most importantly, it’s a lot of fun!
Sadly, my little girl is no longer little. She is going to Reception this September and yesterday was her last Sports day in preschool. This was my first time attending sports day with her. Each of the children are given a card to collect stamps/stickers to complete the race. Each were awarded with a medal, mini certificate and a packet of Haribo sweets.
Recently, I launched a competition to win 3 sets of My Little Big Town Books. Now, the books have landed for me to review. The Monster Book of Numbers and The Monster Book of Colours are both from a series of early learning books designed for the most reluctant readers to encourage learning. Both books are written and beautifully illustrated by Calvin Innes. The books are suitable for preschool. They were released on April 2013 and published by My Little Big Town Ltd.
Don’t you just love the smell of a new book? Now Autumn Children’s book publisher has a new range of scented books for children which takes it to a whole new level! It is a new and exciting technology which involves children in the story and allows them to interact with the books on a multi-sensory level. We were sent four books of the scented books: Bluze, Honey, Coco and Mucky for review. They are four new characters from the second range of Smellessence the Splotz books. I was very excited to read these with my children!
Dr Duck is a book written by Steve Smallman and illustrated by Hannah George. The book is suitable for ages 3 to 7. It was released on 1st April 2013 and published by Little Tiger Press. Just a little information about the book. It is hardback containing about 32 pages. The font is a good size, simple and easy to read by young school children. Each page is beautifully illustrated with a lot of action.
We first found out about Olly the Little White Van last year because we read that it is voiced by one of the children’s favourite Cbeebies stars, Justin Fletcher (Something Special, Justin’s House and Mr Tumble). I must admit that we only occasionally watch the CITV channel and Olly the Little White Van would probably have passed us by if it had not been for Justin. Olly The Little White Van episodes air in the UK on the CITV channel twice daily. Weekdays at 9:45 am and 12:45 pm.
As mentioned in our previous post for Mister Maker DVD‘s review, we are big fans of the Cbeebies channel. My children, especially Mr K, loves to watch Grandpa In My Pocket whenever it is on and he will always record it. However, now both of my children are in school full time, they miss at lot of their favourite shows.
We were therefore delighted to learn that there is a new Grandpa In My Pocket DVD – Abbey Home Media. The DVD was released on 5th November 2012.
We are big fans of the Cbeebies channel. My children love to watch Mister Maker whenever it is on. However, now both of my children are in school full time, they miss their favourite show. We were therefore delighted that there is a new Mister Maker DVD – Abbey Home Media. The DVD was released on 5th November 2012.
Last month, I was pushing Ms C in her pram walking towards the car park after picking her and Mr K up from school. A young handsome looking boy (roughly aged 8, from the same school as my son) approached me with his sweetest smile. He came to tell me that Ms C is very pretty. I was pleasantly surprised by the boy’s confidence and chatted to him for a few minutes. Ms C couldn’t be bothered by him though. She is a very proud little girl who has mastered the art of being a little madam.
I think most children love doing art and craft as they get to show their creative skills and have fun at the same time. Mr K loves to draw buildings, spider man and treasure maps! Today, he drew a house in autumn in school. As it was so dark and misty out there, he coloured the sky black. Bless him. The weather was not so nice in Lichfield today.
