Bud has been learning to read for a little while, but enthusiasm is starting to slide so when he showed interest in something I was...

Recently the boys have been showing an interest in how things work so I thought we'd test out making some simple circuits with them an...

Champ is starting to learn his alphabet or more specifically we've started to look a bit at phonics.  Knowing Champ's great...

I recently baked some cotton balls like we did here , which makes them hard on the outside and soft in the centre, perfect for some...

We've recently got into reading Dr Seuss books and with World Book Day today I thought now is a great time to write about our C...

This fun maths activity was entirely Granny's idea so she has to take all the credit, although I have seen something similar at...

I've been a bit jealous recently when I've seen lots of snow play from around the world, no snow here for us in our part of...

Making Boys Men began in April 2012 with my very first post Fun with Jelly .  Nearly 100 posts later and it's 2013!  I have thorou...

If your house is anything like ours there is an abundance of wrapping paper about at the moment!  Once all the present wrapping is d...

I saw a great post on Nuturestore recently where they put sight words in Zingy rice (check it out to see what made it zing!).  We...

With Bud now at school we have ventured into the world of slightly more learning orientated play!  Bud is learning his phonics and is...