Fuzzy penguin craft

This is more of a winter craft, I suppose, but they are so cute we are definitely going to have a go making some of these tomorrow!

Fuzzy Penguins

Fisher-Price recalls Sesame Street and Dora the Explorer toys

From The Telegraph this morning:

Toymaker Fisher-Price is recalling nearly a million products because of concerns their paint contains too much lead.

Sesame Street's Big Bird and Dora the Explorer
Mattel Inc, which owns Fisher-Price, said 83 types of toy were affected, including figurines of Sesame Street’s Big Bird and Dora the Explorer.
The recall relates to 967,000 Chinese-made toys which have been on sale in the US since May. Some of the products may also have found their way to Britain.

Read the rest of this article here

And more stories!

This site features a super collection of stories, read aloud by assorted actors. Watch and listen to the story, and then print out the related downloadable activity book to keep the children happily occupied and entertained.

Storyline online

Stories, stories, stories!

This page from CBeebies pulls together all sorts of stories which you can enjoy with your kids - whether you are watching and listening online or printing out and colouring. This is a brilliant page to have up your sleeve from the long summer holidays!

Stories and Rhymes

Coloring Page Database updated with lots of new characters!

Get the coloring pencils and crayons out! We have just added many new favorite characters to the Coloring Page Database, including:

Caillou coloring pages
Toddworld coloring pages
Miss Spider coloring pages
Backyardigans coloring pages
Doodlebops coloring pages
Max and Ruby coloring pages
Happy Feet coloring pages
Koala Brothers coloring pages
JoJo's Circus coloring pages
The Wiggles coloring pages

Many other pages have been updated, too - so why not have a good look through the Coloring Page Database and print out some pages to keep your kids busy over the weeks ahead!

Naps and "Quiet Time" - some good advice!

I very much enjoyed this blog post and wish I had read it many years ago, so that I could have insisted on "quiet time" for my son, who would definitely have benefited from it! Well worth a read...

Scribbit's Teaching Children Responsibility: How to Play

Make A Doll's Cradle - a sweet rainy day craft