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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
