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Unexpected Discovery Of Model Railway Joy

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Fiona Wells

There's something wonderful about sharing a coach trip with several folk you've never met before but you find you have a lot in common with. this happens to everyone at some time or another when they go abroad for a short holiday. We all seem to go into over drive with the polite niceness. This definitely happened to me recently on a coach trip to germany, I knew no one wh...

However Hot Out, Never Dive In Deep Water

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Fiona Wells

There are times throughout a year when playing near water is safer than at others. Now is just when youngsters and teenage men should not go near it. Why, year after year, do young adult men think it's ok to jump into a largebody of water - to go for a free cooling swim? We are warned every single year about the dangers of unexpectedly deep water pockets, it makes the swimme...

Youthful Games Making Comeback

Posted on May 3, 2018April 30, 2018 by Fiona Wells

The way babies and toddlers develop has changed little over the years. Inf act there isn't a grat deal that can change apart from the speed with thich babies graduate from blobby gurgling little lumps in a pram or cot and now seem to be expected to sit up and converse with the world at 6 months! I have connections with a relatively small number of children on a regular basis....

Old Familiar Sharing Games Replacing Choc-Fest

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Fiona Wells

I have spent a gloriously happy easter weekend away from home staying with relatives. There were no children around and although it was busy, it did seem to be missing this essential element. We made up for it though, happily joking and playing around as grown up kiddies might! The amount of chocolate scoffed was much less than in the day when my siblings and I managed to ea...

Getting The Right Toy Or Game Needs Careful Thought

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Fiona Wells

Oh how playing games can be the most wonderful way of spending any spare time. Of course, as a child, there is no need for spare time. A child has to go to nursery, so play time is essential in their daily routine. Not necessarily to just make the child happy, but to help development and to bring a touch of social awareness into their lives. For some children, life at home...

Old Fashioned Toys Can Be Made Gender Neutral

Posted on February 2, 2018January 26, 2018 by Fiona Wells

There is a young neice in my extended family - and much fun is being had by all of us older folk who no longer have kiddies around to buy any presents or toys for. We have just had Christmas and of course, there were piles of presents to be shared around the gaggle of relatives. Needless to say, the largest pile by miles was for the smallest member. Many different kinds of t...

Without The Bails – It Just Isn’t Cricket

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Fiona Wells

Oh the joys of playing with proper toys when you get the chance! There are some great kids that live in my neighbourhood - all ages from late teens down to the tiny tots. Most of the time I don't see them at all - they get ferried to and from school in the family taxi, scurrying in from car to house. Weekends are much the same, not very much evidence of childhood existence. ...

Lack Of WiFi Created Game & Playtime Heaven

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Fiona Wells

Having just returned from a family jauant down to the wet country, where we were housed in two small cottages with walls ten inches thick and low rooflines, it was momentarily fab to get back to normal communiations and use of phones. Although the holiday was tremendous fun, there were times when one of our number needed daily business dealings. But all was not lost - in th...

Playtime Takes Changeable Weather In It’s Stride

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Fiona Wells

Wooh, well the change in the summer weather in this very tiny part of the world is quite astonishing. We sailed through August with absolute amazement. There was one small calm patch at the beginning, a little bit chilly but on the whole reliably warm once the overnight mists or rain had cleared. This happy situation only lasted the first week or ten days, then back to the m...

All Pals Together For Board Games Heaven

Posted on August 1, 2017July 26, 2017 by Fiona Wells

The need to keep on top of the games and toy buying in this household has never been greater. There is an incessant move towards all things electronic. Grandchildren have now swapped the books and card games of our youth - they seem perfectly at east just plugging in their earphones and playing a tactical game on the tablet, or in fact reading a book on there. They are le...