Berlin, Belfast, Brisbane – check. Cuba, Canada, China – check. The Maldives, the Seychelles and the Mediterranean coast… I haven’t even begun to scratch the surface!
When my first daughter was born, she cried and cried and cried for hours on end. The only thing that kept her quiet for any amount of time was a soft book of bold black and white images that folded out. I put it by her nappy changer, in her pram and in her cot … [Read more.]
Kids like animals. Kids like making animal sounds. Kids like iPhones. Parents appreciate good design. Everyone will like Speak, Piggy!
IQ may be on the rise and we know what EQ means but what about CQ?
Children learn through play. Our job as parents is to figure out what it is we want to teach them and then give them the right toys to learn. If it’s lessons about the environment you want to impart, then you’re going to love Global Green Pals.
If you lived in New York, you’d have MoMA and all its modern art opportunities on your doorstep. Odds are you don’t live in New York, and whilst that doesn’t stop you putting art galleries on the kids’ agenda, it does make MoMA tricky! Happily, children can still have their own little bit of MoMA … [Read more.]
As a writer for Babyology, I come across lots of cool stuff and I’m always interested to see designers’ new angles on nursery furniture, prams, gadgets and fashion. After looking at thousands of websites and products and writing hundreds of posts, here are a handful of my very favourites.
Posted by Katrina Whelen on May 3, 2010
in Furniture, Misc, Toys
Also tagged active play, art, arts and crafts, cots, dolls, feature, imaginative play, personalisation, Sebra
If you’ve spent any amount of time in a bookshop over the past five years, you will have undoubtedly seen the huge tomes that provide a guide to the ‘1001’ things that we must eat, albums we must listen to, cities we must travel to, paintings we must see, wines we must drink, natural wonders … [Read more.]
We all know that soft furnishings can really update a room or offer a bit of pizzazz but if you never thought they’d spell something out to you, then think again.
When I picked up my four-year-old son from his first day at preschool last week, the first thing he did was drag me across the room and show me the globe sitting on the bookshelf. There’s something about globes, isn’t there? As an adult, I am still fascinated by them and this one beats them … [Read more.]
Interactive play is terribly important for young children and water play is often a firm favourite with littlies and an easy option for parents. Now while I’m all for making a splash and dealing with the wet clothes later, there are times when it’s just not a practical option. So with this, I present to … [Read more.]
In July 2009 we introduced you to artist Kathy Panton. Well now you can have Panton’s fine work on your bookshelf as well as your wall.
