Robotslayer

Recently I’ve been thinking about how introduce Mr Tall (6) to comics, so I was very happy to be contacted by Vince Kamp, the author/illustrator behind the Robotslayer app and book.  This is a bit… Continue reading →

An App Activity Day with Peter Rabbit

It’s the summer holidays at last! Most days when the kids are off school, we can be spontaneous and see what happens, but to be honest sometimes we just need some proper plans to get… Continue reading →

Identikat – Guest Post on Geeks with Juniors

I was delighted to be asked recently by Eric and Camila, creators of the amazing Geeks with Juniors blog, to contribute a guest post as part of my Activity Days series. You can now… Continue reading →

Let’s go Shopping with Toca Store

After the Easter holidays, we’re back in business! We’ve had fun in previous holidays creating activity days based around our favourite apps (see Activity Days  for earlier ones) so over Easter Mr Tall… Continue reading →

Let’s Put on a Show!

During the summer holidays, we spent a couple of days doing activities based on the themes of some of our favourite apps (see Bugs and Buttons and Pirate Scribblebeard).  We had so much fun, that… Continue reading →

Pirate Scribblebeard’s Treasure

It’s time for the second of our activity days based on a favourite app, and this time we chose Pirate Scribblebeard’s Treasure. Developed by Kidoodle Apps, this is our most-used drawing app. Pirate Scribblebeard’s… Continue reading →

Bugs and Buttons

Today we’ve had a great day doing activities based on the theme of Bugs and Buttons. This app, by Little Bit Studio, is one of our favourite activity apps. I was excited to hear… Continue reading →

Savouring Summer

So, today is the first day of the summer holidays where we are. I have seven and a half weeks to fill.  Seven. And. A. Half. Weeks. I’m the sort of mum who is… Continue reading →