by Maria Tumolo | Aug 25, 2014 | Blog hop, Family Recreation, Imaginative Play, Outdoor Activities
My children at not yet school aged which means as a family we can still have the benefit of taking family holidays during term time to save on cost. The down side is that when we are at home many of our friends are travelling overseas and to various part of the...
by Maria Tumolo | Aug 14, 2014 | Blog hop, Family Recreation, Imaginative Play, Natural Hair and Motherhood, Outdoor Activities, R2BC
The week has gone by quickly. As much as I’m enjoying the sunshine, I loved the few rainy nights we’ve had. Now that we live in a house you can hear all the elements of nature: wind, rain, thunder and man-made ones too … helicopter, sirens, horns. It...
by Maria Tumolo | Nov 20, 2013 | Boys, Child Development, Early Years Foundation Stage, Imaginative Play, Literacy, Outdoor Activities, Role Models, Role Play, Super Heroes
I recently attended a workshop on how boys develop and think, at my local children’s centre. Initially, when I saw the advertisement that said it was an hour long I cheekily thought ‘is that how much or how little they think?’ Turns out an hour was...
by Maria Tumolo | Nov 9, 2013 | Biracial, Child Development, Christmas, Early Years Foundation Stage, Imaginative Play, Mixed Heritage, Mixed Race, Multicultural, Multicultural Products, Toddler Play
Some months ago I bought Valentina her first doll. Hubby and I opted to go for a mixed race rag doll. Her name is Naomi. We felt it was important that not only for her but for her brother to have toys that reflected them as much as possible, along with other ‘main...
by Maria Tumolo | Oct 30, 2013 | Imaginative Play, Product Review- books, Toddler Play
Coming for the Caribbean I have an appreciation for a good pirate tale. Along with colonization, we have history and a tales of pirates and buccaneers. I choose to enjoy the romantic film versions like Captain Blood, Black Beard and the like. There seems to be...
by Maria Tumolo | Oct 10, 2013 | Child Development, Children and The Internet, Children's Toys, Imaginative Play, Marylebone, Press Days
I first found out about the Chad Valley brand last year, when I had the opportunity of reviewing a new iPad app they had created. Angelo still enjoys the application, for him it means playtime because that’s how the app introduces itself as it uploads. So, I was...
