Image courtesy of [image creator name] / FreeDigitalPhotos.net   What is traditionally every parent’s nightmare – the long car journey with the kids – does not have to be an exercise in unrelenting boredom. Many now like to solve the problem by loading up hours’ worth of videos on the laptop and plugging their kids in to a screen. This guest post from Vivienne from Yellow Moon suggests some fabulously fun and favourite verbal games [...]

This weekend will the last event to be held at The Level park, Brighton before it closes for restoration. Brighton & Hove council were awarded a £2.2m Heritage Lottery Funding and Big Lottery funding under the ‘Parks for People’ scheme. The Council are also running a ‘fun-for-all’ close down event on Saturday 13th October 12pm – 4pm, before the park closes from Monday 15th October. The Playbus will be there, as well as a fire [...]

Action songs, rhymes and a chocolate hide-and-seek game will give children as young as two a real taste for French and Spanish, in free language sessions taking place in Brighton to celebrate European Languages Day. The two sessions, one in French and one in Spanish, are led by Lucy Amos, founder of Little Fidgets, a Hurstpierpoint company specialising in language classes for 2-11 year-olds. Lucy works with schools and nurseries across the county and uses [...]

We took the family off to Drusillas Zoo  for a well-deserved family day out. Read the full review here. The last time we took our eldest, she was just shy of 2 years old, so it will be interesting to see what she makes of the animals she’s only too familiar with from the pages of her bedtime reading. Ever since our babies have been on this planet, they’ve been surrounded by animals. The stuffed, furry [...]

Head out to the farm   Spring Barn Farm on Kingston Road in Lewes is flinging its gates open throughout the Easter weekend between the hours of 9 and 5:30. What better place is there for the kids to take part in an Easter Egg Hunt than on a real farm? When the chase is over be sure to ask to see the farm’s new-born lambs; lambing season should be in full-swing come Easter. Find [...]

Who says life has to end when baby comes along. Both Claire and myself were gig goers before our babies came along and so we are both keen for our little ones to be musically enlightened too. Brighton is a hub of great music. Whether it be in a small pub like the Hope ‘n’ Mic on a monday night or a big band rocking at the Dome there is plenty to see. This weekend [...]