When it comes down to giving our children a loving and wholesome upbringing, one of the most important factors is their education. We want to provide our children with the opportunities we may never have had and in many cases, try to save them from the mistakes we made whilst growing up. Whether that means growing up in a situation with very few opportunities, not choosing to continue with further…
Being a mum in London, I’ve found I’m on a constant search for events, and spoilt for choice most days, with activities happening in local libraries, churches and children’s centres. But as a new mum with a rapidly growing son, I find we’re both up for something a bit different, and I love finding those regular events that take something interactive and leave us both feeling we’ve…
New short documentary about a mother raising a child with three cultures premieres on 1000 Londoners
How far would you go to have a baby? And how do you bring up a child with multiple cultural backgrounds? A new short film on 1000londoners.com profiles a woman who has had to deal with both of these issues.
Rose is a Spanish mother who grew up within Stockwell and Brixton’s Hispanic community. Her husband, Artif, is from Egypt and speaks Arabic as his first language. After unsuccessfully trying…
The Good Little Devil and Other Tales by Pierre Gripari is a French children’s classic book that is recently being published in the UK for the first time. It is a collection of absurd and improbable modern fairy tales for good little devils everywhere!
It was first published in France in 1967 and has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide and translated into 27 different languages…
Here is another great story by our in-house artist Giovanna Bindi, a true inspiration for London Mums & kids. Come & meet her at our art club Mondays in Putney.
In the deep forest lived four monkeys, mum, dad, boy and girl.
All the family liked jumping up and down the trees and play together.
One day the boy and the girl said to their mum and dad:
‘We would like to go around…
Despite loving the technology and the new ways of reading books via tablets, we still love reading stories to our kids by turning pages. There’s no question about it. Here is London Mums’ selection of top first children’s books for 2013.
My First Touch and Trace: First ABC
Great interactive first ABC text for little people that enables toddlers to use fingers to follow the…
St David’s Day celebrations on 1st March with the Welsh dragon symbol gave us more of a reason to celebrate the dragons on screen too!
Here’s a sample of the most popular dragons found in film…
ROOM ON THE BROOM
The dragon in Room On The Broom is a large, fearsome beast whose favourite food is “witch and chips” – Dragon is hungry and on the prowl. But when faced with the…
We have teamed up with Sainsbury’s to give TWO lucky readers the opportunity to win a £30 gift card each to spend on their child’s favourite books and character costumes at their local Sainsbury’s stores.
Celebrating the nation’s week of reading, Sainsbury’s is inspiring children to read by encouraging them to role play in dress up with their favourite book, be it The Gruffalo…
Children would find it much easier to learn to read and write if they were first taught how the English language works and what words mean, rather than trying to sound out words.
According to new research, English is so complex that relying on phonics – the common practice of teaching children to read by sounding out words – makes learning English much more difficult than it needs to be.
Dr…
Another brilliant book by Sue McMillan. The Witch and the Dog is a laugh out loud story about etiquette. Can a charming witch called Daphne change Harry from a messy, mannerless mutt into a polished pooch?
This story appeals not just to kids but to mums too. The illustrations throughout the book are gorgeous.
On 23 November 2012 London Mums had an amazing Christmas party! And Far Far Away…