By Remi on 23/06/2014
books, children, dolly parton, dolly partons imagination library, literacy, reading, Remi Makinde
Books, Parenting

Country and Bluegrass Singing sensation, Dolly Parton, is coming to town! The music legend who is currently on the UK leg of her Blue Smoke world tour, will be promoting Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program she launched in 1997 to provide children a free, age-appropriate book on a monthly basis from birth through age […]
By Pete Lawler on 19/08/2013
Kids Activities, Parenting

The biggest children’s festival in the UK has once again stormed through three days of kids entertainment and attractions, this time helping to baptize the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and establish it as a venue in it’s post-Hellenic legacy. I have to admit, even for a hardened cynic like me, it is quite a […]
By Remi on 11/09/2012
Kids Activities, Parenting, Stoke Newington

A play scheme that first took root in Bristol, has recently been copied in Stoke Newington. Children in Hackney are set to reclaim the streets, thanks to a groundbreaking scheme that will close selected streets to through traffic, turning them into “play streets”. Hackney has become the first borough in London to introduce Temporary […]
By Hackney Hive on 19/01/2011
clapton, e5
Clapton, Parenting

Babies as young as a few weeks old will soon be able to take part in an award-winning swimming course in Hackney when classes open next month. Recently voted the UK’s Best National Baby & Toddler Development Activity, Water Babies enables babies to swim underwater as well as on the surface. It is designed to […]
By Remi on 22/10/2010
doula, Dr Abhijoy Chakladar, hackney, midwives, rebecca schiller
Lead, Parenting

Is this a passing trend for self indulgent hippy-style-new-age pregnant women or do doula’s actually play a vital role in child birth? A Doula is a companion to a pregnant woman who generally begins assisting and supporting her during pregnancy, through the actual birth and provides post natal emotional and practical support. Deriving it’s name […]
By Kathryn O'borne on 11/08/2010
dalston, E8, rio cinema
Dalston, Parenting

I love going to the cinema but assumed I would have to stop for a while after having a baby earlier this year . Luckily for my son and I , the Dalston Rio lets us in once a week to enjoy the latest releases. But is watching a film with a baby any fun, […]
By Remi on 08/08/2010
Parenting