Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • iPad Apps for Kids: Park Math HD

    I was looking for an iPad app for my daughter that introduced basic addition and subtraction using picture stories and came across Park Math HD (£1.49) by Duck Duck Moose. I’ve come across their apps before and liked them. I do like this one as well; there are activities for counting, adding, subtracting and sorting…

  • Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup

    My husband always looks so disappointed when I tell him we’re having soup for dinner!  However, after his initial moan, he really liked it.  It’s a hearty meal, great for those cold and dark winter evenings. Serves 4 Ingredients: 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts 1.5 litres of chicken stock 1 onion, chopped 2 stalks of…

  • What should I tell my daughter about religion?

    My four-year old daughter skipped into the lounge last week and declared ‘baby Jesus’ is coming to school.  My heart skipped a beat as this was a conversation that I wasn’t prepared for.  It’s time for the Christmas Nativity.  As it’s not a church school, I do question why they’re doing the birth of Christ.…

  • Thai Green Prawn Curry Recipe

    We have a rule in our house, whoever, does the cooking doesn’t do the washing up.  For the most part it works.  I tend to do more of the cooking as I don’t work in the mornings.  However, this week I had a work deadline, so I didn’t manage to get anything organised.  Hubby was…

  • Ipad Apps for Kids: Puppet Pals HD

    Yet, another fantastic Ipad app recommendation from my mate Danny Nicholson from The Whiteboard Blog.  I absolutely love this app Puppet Pals, it’s also available for iphones but can’t help thinking the screen would be too small and fiddly for little fingers. Simply choose your characters, a background, resize the images and when you’re ready…

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