On a recent visit to london town, my daughter and I spent several hours wandering aound one particularly gorgeous emporium of historical relevance. It has the most spectacular christmas decorations – in fact a whole floor is dedicated to its…
Delights Of A Well Stocked Toy Emporium
I have several young relatives who all have birthdays at the same time of the year – roughly running through from beginning of July through to Halloween. This used to present a major headache for me – whatever I thought…
Messing About In Boats – As Every Child Should
I have just spent a wonderful week with three grandchildren. The age range is not vast, 11, 13 and 15 – so very manageable and as they are siblings, each respects the others’ likes and dislikes as much as their…
Beetling To Success On Activity Games
Ah the joy of playing an taking part in an organised Beetle Drive – the rules are simple but where the name Drive comes into it is quite beyond me. I have taken part only in a hilarious group activity,…
Encouraging Children To Play Real Games Again
Hockey is such a great game for spectators – I am amazed and quite sad that it isn’t on tv more, except every four years with the Olympics. It can encourage so many youngsters out to take part in a…
Joy Of Watching Youngsters Enjoying Playtime
I have some lovely young neighbours – several families with kiddies live nearby and it is an absolute joy to hear them playing very happily, if a little noisily, out in our shared driveways. It’s great too when a particularly…
Top Toy Buying Is Still A Joy To Behold
Ah the patter of little feet – in the shape of toddlers and maybe very small teenagers. There are other folk in the world though who appreciate being bought toys and games. If we stop restricting ourselves to only looking…
Christmas Bundles Of Joy Of A Different Kind
Whilst going through the endless lists of possible presents for grand-children in readiness for the Christmas onslaught, it became obvious how out of touch older folk are with what the modern generation of youngsters actually want for presents. Years ago,…
The Delights Of The Toy Shop – Memories Rekindled
One of the absolute joys of grandparent-hood is searching for gorgeous and wonderous toys for the new arrival, as he or she grows up. Each birthday and christmas there are endless possibilities for fun and mayhem. Of course, grandparents generally…
What Kind Of Game – Good Question
Academic games declare to improve actual or rational, interpersonal, psychological, and/ improvement. Academic games are therefore made to motivate improvement goals that were sensible within age ranges that were suitable. For preschool-age youths, easy wooden blocks may be a great…