Tag: games

  • Card Games for the whole family – Giveaway

    Card Games for the whole family – Giveaway

    Dobble is Brilliant! As a family we really should play games more often.  We have a sideboard full of games from Kerplunk to Kerfuffle plus a few traditional ones like The Game of Life.  We do play cards on occasion and daughter a dab hand at Snap, Go Fish and War. However, I had never…

  • Who needs Marriage Counselling?

    How to survive summer holidays Not suggesting we do, but I haven’t laughed so hard in ages.  We both work from home and it does get fractious at times.  Being school holidays, I’ve done as predicted and chucked money at it, not because I have a surplus of cash but with an only-child and a…

  • My Friday Five: Quick Games to Play with Kids

    Here a small handful of games you can play with your kids when they’re bugging you to do something with them, you can’t be arsed getting the craft box out and dinner will be ready in 5 minutes. Rock Paper Scissors – I successfully taught my five year old, although she does have a tendency…

  • iPad App Review: Eurotalk Maths Age 3-5

    I have to say I tutted when I was first asked to review this app as the first Topic is free and then you have to pay for the others.  However, my daughter is loving it and keeps going back to it again and again.  She only has the Sorting and Matching Topic. I think…

  • Don’t fancy letting your kids at your iPad?

    My daughter has been flying around my iphone since she was about 2.  It’s loaded up with tons of fantastic educational games for her.  However, there are times when I need to use my phone for work, but I also need her to be quiet in the background when I’m trying to make calls which…