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FREE IN THIS ISSUE Easter crafts & recipes Family Health Education March/April 2021 Familiesonline.co.uk Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 1
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CONTENTS Welcome In This Issue Spring is nearly here! And a very welcome one after what feels like the longest winter ever. 5 Education With promise of the world opening up again soon, we hope you 13 Outdoor Activities find inspiration, hope, ideas and fun within the pages of this issue. 15 Family Health Read our review of Blank Canvas Art Club classes and find out how you can support local businesses more with the new 17 Easter Activities ShopAppy website. We have lots more content in our digital magazine, as well as the opportunity to celebrate our 30th 21 Family Life anniversary year, with lots of giveaways and competitions. Sign up HERE to receive every issue free to your inbox! 23 Early Years Keep smiling everybody! 26 Science Activities 27 Environment Editor, Families North Yorkshire Magazine 29 Travel E – editor@familiesnorthyorkshire.co.uk T – 07794909820 FB @FamiliesNYMag Twitter @FamiliesNYMag Get in touch IG @familiesnorthyorkshiremagazine Cover image ©PRShots for Next 2016 Competition Winners from our Nov/Dec issue Families is a registered trademark of LCMB Ltd, Remenham Weronika Puchala, Luna Smith, Kelly McGleish, House, Regatta Place, Marlow Road, Bourne End, Bucks SL8 5TD. The contents of this magazine are fully protected by copyright and Simone Ayres, Taya Freeman, Katie Scott, Melanie none of the editorial or photographic matter may be reproduced in any form without prior consent of Families Print Ltd. Every care Oley, Jenni Weston, Annelien Bass, Virginie Renaut, is taken in the preparation of this magazine but Families Print Lauren Powell, Margaret Challen, Maria Jornet Escuet, Ltd, its distributors, franchisees and LCMB Ltd cannot be held responsible for the claims of advertisers nor for the accuracy of Philomena Price, Sophie Venables, Vicki Wright, the contents, or any consequences thereof. Stephanie Chan, Chalice Palmores. Local Families To Benefit As North Yorkshire Businesses Get A Free Boost Many businesses across North Yorkshire are finding the various lockdowns and restriction surrounding the Covid pandemic are putting their very WIN a Dantoy Bio-Toy existence at risk as they are Front Loader Tractor! unable to trade normally, or at Families North Yorkshire Magazine has teamed up with all. Enter ShopAppy.com, an Dantoy, a Danish Toy company who are 100% focused on being green. Dantoy want people to buy less, buy well, award-winning initiative and embrace toys, and look after the environment. Their toxin free toys really stand out and we have one of their tractors to give platform created to give small away to one lucky winner. independent businesses an easy, Enter here effective, and affordable way Closing date: 12th April at midday. Ts & Cs: http://bit. to compete with online retail ly/3b6nsHP giants. READ MORE Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 3
EDUCATION Free Maths Downloadables Use these high quality maths resources from PlanBee to help support your child’s learning. Converting What is the Fractions of Measures Chart Question? Numbers Posters This handy chart helps Work backwards from Watermelon-themed to convert a variety of the answer to find the posters that explain the different measures. question. concept of fractions. Position Puzzles Multiple Mazes Place Value Game Interpret positional Identify the multiples of What numbers go language to put the the 2/5/10 times table. in the place value shapes in the correct 3 levels of difficulty. columns to win the place. point? 24-Hour Time Times Table Compare the Display Booklet Money Cards Help your child tell the All the times tables in Recognise coins. Use time on 12 and 24-hour one handy booklet! for playing Snap or clocks. Matching Pairs. Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 5
EDUCATION Autism and Education Is Online Tutoring One Size Doesn’t Fit All Effective? By Jane Constantine By Lucy Spencer Today I cried with happiness If you’ve had time to breathe at an email. It contained a between home schooling, glowing report of my 11 year old work and parenting, you may autistic daughter’s progress at have wondered about the school in recent days. We’re in effectiveness of online tutoring. lockdown and it’s her first year Like any online experience, at a specialist secondary school. the answer depends on many I’m so proud of how far she has factors, particularly the facilitator, come. the goal and the environment. READ MORE READ MORE Visit us york.razzamataz.co.uk Why is My Child Teaching Another Child? By Annabel Gray Just before the pandemic struck, I was in a café when I accidentally overheard a conversation between two mums. One was expressing her outrage that, at school, her child had been teaching another child to read. Let me share with you a secret about this. READ MORE 6 March/April Familiesonline.co.uk
EDUCATION Support your Child’s Love and Learning of Music Meet the Orchestra Cbeebies Radio On Stage at Home with the Royal Prom Podcast Nordoff Robbins & Albert Hall Enjoy an imaginary the Clangers Fun introduction to the musical journey to Young children have world of percussion for the moon with this fun making music using young children. podcast. household objects. Gentle Guitar Virtual Musical Chrome Music Lab Online guitar school Instruments Fun, hands-on music with lessons for Learn & create music. experiments. Make and children ages 5-12. Play instruments online learn your own songs. using PC keyboard/ mouse. BBC Play the Noise Naxos Music Box Sing Up at Home Explore the elements of Interactive musical Keep kids learning & a song. Play/clap along. resource for ages 4-12. singing. Free online Listen back to your Activities, puzzles, resources and A-Z own version. quizzes. playlist. Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 7
EDUCATION Supporting your Child’s Return to School By Catherine Lynch For the second time in a year children have experienced major turbulence in their school lives. The restrictions of the latest lockdown have been piled on top of months of change, anxiety and uncertainty. So how can parents support their child’s transition back to school? READ MORE The Mount School York SPACE TO LEARN SPACE TO THRIVE SPACE TO BE “The care my daughter received during lockdown OW WE KN N GIRLS CA and since returning to school is just amazing.” Current parent At The Mount School we benefit from a spacious 16 acre campus providing girls with a safe and secure place to learn. Arrange a visit to come and explore mountschoolyork.co.uk An exceptional education for girls *The Mount School York judged excellent in ISI Inspection. www.mountschoolyork.co.uk Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 9
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EDUCATION Hot New Kids’ Books for 2021 All books can be purchased via Bookshop.org, an online bookshop which financially supports local, independent bookshops and of which Families Magazine is an affiliate. Pip and Posy: The The Whale Who The Cat’s Cook Friendly Snail Wanted More Book By Axel Scheffler. By Rachel Bright & Jim By Julia Donaldson. Ages 0-2. Field. Ages 1-5. Ages 2+. Hom The Woolly Bear Nature Trail By Jeanne Willis & Caterpillar By Benjamin Paddy Donnelly. By Julia Donaldson & Zephaniah & Nila Aye. Ages 3+. Yuval Zommer. Ages 3-5. Ages 3-5. Draw with Rob: The Invisible What Did the Tree Build a Story By Tom Percival. See? By Rob Biddulph. Ages 3+. By Charlotte Guillain & Ages 3+. Sam Usher. Ages 4-6. Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 11
EDUCATION Hot New Kids’ Books for 2021 All books can be purchased via Bookshop.org, an online bookshop which financially supports local, independent bookshops and of which Families Magazine is an affiliate. RuPaul Wolfboy Move Like a Lion By Maria Isabel By Andy Harkness. By Radzi Sanches Vegara. Ages 4-8. Chinyanganya. Ages 4-7. Ages 5-7. Rainbow Grey A Tangle of Spells Space Detectives By Laura Ellen By Michelle Harrison. By Mark Powers and Anderson. Ages 8+. Dapo Adeola. Ages 7-10. Ages 7+. Best Bites Dragon World How to Grow Up Cookbook By Tamara Macfarlane. and Feel Amazing! By Omari McQueen. Ages 8-12. By Dr Ranj Singh. Ages 8-11. Ages 10-13. 12 March/April Familiesonline.co.uk
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Spring “Make and Do” Outdoor Projects Make a Bird Search for Make a Nature Feeder Tadpoles Journal Make a Rain Grow Butterflies Make a Butterfly Gauge Feeder Build a Den Plant Tomatoes Go Stargazing Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 13
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Making Family Walks More Fun By Claire Winter Three ideas to liven up family walking in your local area. Scavenger Hunt Make a list of specific things you might see locally eg red bicycle, car park, couple holding hands. Split into teams and walk around in your group, photographing the items Introduce Incentives! when you find them. Whoever finds all the items first, wins. Give each child a matchbox to fill with tiny treasures; Volunteer Let them map read; Create a nature journal for them Show the kids the importance of to fill with bark rubbings, photos, kindness. Volunteer to clean up litter drawings and notes; in your community or walk dogs at a Bring hot chocolate; local animal shelter. Try geocaching. Advertisement 14 March/April Familiesonline.co.uk
HEALTH FREE ‘End Emotional EXCLUSIV Explosions’ Online Course E Lucy Russell, mother and clinical psychologist at Everlief, a OFFER large child psychology clinic, has seen mental health issues in children accelerating in the last 12 months. In response to demand, Everlief has launched a parent support site, They Are The Future offering free and paid online courses, masterclasses and blog. These include Calm & Connected, aimed at parents with pre-teens affected by stress, anger or anxiety. Everlief is offering Families readers a FREE 5 day mini-course in which ONLINE FINE ART Lucy teaches the Cup Approach, a CLASSES powerful tool for preventing emotional For children aged 5-18 (and adults) explosions. You will learn the science Imaginative skills and technique based, two way tuition in small groups behind emotional explosions, two FREE class available (Quote FMN21) distinct ways to prevent them and Sibling discounts and other member what is meant by filling your child’s benefits apply “cup.” Let them develop a love of art that will last a lifetime! Access the mini course HERE. E: blankcanvasartclub@gmail.com to find out more BlankCanvasArtClub blankcanvas.art.club For all ages 0-Adult Swim shop selling baby wet suits, re-usable swim nappys & nappy covers NEW inclusive classes for all abilities 1:1, 2:1 or group at Cawood & Bubwith Cawood Park, Ryther Road, Cawood, Selby YO8 3TT Willow Lodge, Brighton Road, Bubwith Yo8 6DQ Weighton Wold pool, Beverley Road, Market Weighton, YO43 4NE Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 15
CLUBS AND CLASSES “I’ve Always Said From A Young Age That I Want My Own Razzamataz.” Angela Pickup, the original owner of Razzamataz York passes the franchising torch on to her daughter Hollie, who has just become the new principal. Angela opened Razzamataz York in September 2011 after trying to find her daughter Hollie, aged 13 at the time, a new theatre arts class. Although there was nothing suitable on the market then, Angela did come across the Razzamataz franchise and knew how popular it would be in her area. Hollie became the first student and by 17, she started to work at the school, covering a variety of jobs from the front of house reception to a classroom assistant. For the last four years, Hollie has been the vocal coach as well as the assistant principal, giving her the very best on-the-job training. Hollie says, “From a young age, I’ve always loved singing and dancing and performing in front of my mum and dad, even singing into a candle READ MORE An Art Club For Kids Like No Other By Laura Macaulay My oldest has always had a real interest in art and so far, he has been lucky enough to have a wonderful teaching assistant at his primary school promote a genuine love of the subject. Apart from his art lessons in school and the guidance of many ‘Art for Kids’ videos on You Tube, (aren’t these just amazing?!), he has had no formal teaching of art skills. I guess I expected this to take place once he started secondary school and received art tuition from a specialist. But we have been lucky enough to get one step ahead and thanks to Suzi of Blank Canvas Art Club, he has learned plenty of new art skills from the virtual classes he attends once a week. Parents can sign their child up for a term’s worth of classes, which take place weekly and accommodate children in different age groups. Currently, the classes are held over zoom virtually and when allowed face to face classes will open up at an indoor venue in the York area. We cannot wait! READ MORE 16 March/April Familiesonline.co.uk
EASTER Best Easter Craft Projects for Families Paper Easter Salt Dough Tin Foil Easter Wreath Easter Eggs Egg Art Easter Bonnet Bunny Bunting Sock Bunny Bunny Corner Dye Easter Eggs Bean Bag Easter Bookmark Chick Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 17
EASTER Set Up an Easter Egg Hunt Use our clues to set up an Easter Egg Hunt in your house. Laundry and Kitchen Bedroom With this clue, you’ll have to In here, daddy puts his toes, take follow your nose, where does a big breathe though and cover mummy put all your stinky your nose! (Shoes/slippers) clothes? (Laundry basket) Where do you go when it’s time In this place it’s very cold, “Close for sleep? Take a look here, the door properly!!” you’re always there’s some treats to keep. (Bed) being told. (Freezer) You put this on when you’re cold, Find me in the kitchen, I’m a big ‘Fasten it up properly” you’re cold white appliance. (Fridge) always being told. (Coat) I have a sound that goes beep, In this place you’ll find hundreds and my main function is to heat. of pages, reading them all would (Microwave) take you ages! (Book shelves) I take your clothes for quite a Find me when you need to know spin, but first, they get wet. That’s how to spell a word. (Dictionary – how I begin. (Washing machine) Book shelves) Other Rooms In this place, it’s very wet, it’s Stay K’nexted! where you and the duckies very Sign up to our digital first met. (Bath) magazine and receive your I rain on you when you need a free gift from K’nex! scrub, I’m very much like my friend the tub. (Shower) In this place we’re supposed to wipe our feet, open the door to see who to greet. (Front door) This is where you eat your dinner, find the hidden clue and you’re the winner! (Dining table) SIGN UP I have hands but no arms, just HERE a face and my hands move at a steady pace. (Clock) IT’S FREE! I have four legs, but I don’t have feet, I come in handy when it’s Magazine T&Cs apply time to eat. (Chair) 18 March/April Familiesonline.co.uk
EASTER The Great Families Easter Bake Off Easter Egg Easter Bunny Chocolate Krispie Cookies Pancakes Chick Hot Cross Scones Easter Egg Bark Easy Easter Nests Hot Cross Bun Baa-lamb Muffins Easter Egg Doughnuts Biscuits Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 19
EASTER Make an Chick With Easter just around the corner, it’s time for some crafty creating with your children to celebrate. This simple craft from Kidzplay Playbox takes just minutes to set up and creates a colourful Easter chick. You will need: * Eyes, beak, legs and feet pictured here * Scissors * Glue * Yellow Tissue Squares * Feathers * Paper Plate Step-by-step guide: Step 1 Step 5 Cover the paper plate Fold the beak in half in glue. and stick to the plate and then add the eyes. Step 2 Stick the tissue squares onto the plate. Step 3 Step 6 Fold the legs along the Finally stick the dotted lines to make feathers onto the plate them bendy. to make the wings. Step 4 Step 7 Attach the feet to the Leave to dry before legs and then stick the displaying. feet on the plate. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD 20 March/April Familiesonline.co.uk
FAMILY LIFE Parenting Books that Don’t Shame! Dr Sarah Mundy from Parenting through Stories selects accessible, evidence-based books that she’s appreciated as both a mum and a psychologist. What To Expect No Drama Discipline The Power of Series Interprets neuroscience Showing Up A helpful resource theory into practical How to develop a secure covering pre-pregnancy parenting, with clear attachment relationship to the toddler years. examples. with your child. What Every Parent The Danish Way of Parenting Needs to Know Parenting Handbook Pulls together up-to-date Advice on raising kids Make sense of every day research into practical from the world’s happiest challenges together with and accessible advice. people! your child. Calm Parents, The Book You Wish The Gentle Happy Kids Your Parents Had Parenting Book Why parents need to Read Helping parents become manage their feelings, Relate how you were confident and calm. and children need parented, to how you Putting gentle parenting connection and empathy. parent. into practice. Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 21
FAMILY LIFE Worried About The Return To Work After Covid? By Georgina Thomas As returning to our workplaces becomes more imminent, we turn to how to handle the many issues that coming back to work after a year of disruption pose. Staff may have been working from home for a year, been furloughed, or a mixture of both and the impact of this disruption is likely to lead to issues for employers as the process of getting their staff back in unfolds. Staff might be anxious about coming back for various reasons and you should ensure that they are afforded an opportunity to discuss concerns with you at the earliest possibility to support where possible. There are many worries people may have: getting ill; protecting others; finances; job security; managing childcare or simply getting out into the world again and these concerns should not be dismissed out of hand. As employers, you have a duty of care which means you must do all you reasonably can to support employees’ health, safety and wellbeing, complying with any additional adjustments for employees who may qualify for protection under the Equality Act 2010. READ MORE What is Family Mediation? By Louisa Dickson “I’m getting divorced and need a solicitor.” Only Mums & Dads, a not-for-profit social enterprise that supports people through divorce, hears this statement daily. Their advice is always to try mediation first (where there is no domestic abuse) and if it breaks down, to try again. But why? READ MORE 22 March/April Familiesonline.co.uk
EARLY YEARS Like Mary Poppins – Turn Jobs into Games…. Games and play ideas from The Good Play Guide that help children learn life skills in a fun and engaging way. Tidy Up Game Laundry Game Bedroom Tidy Ages 2+. Children tidy Ages 2-3. Get children Ages 3+. Makes away their things by folding, sorting and another fun game out the end of a song. matching the laundry. of tidying up. Drying Up Game Odd Socks Game Changing Rooms Ages 3+. Children Ages 3+. Fun way to Ages 4+. Children learn dry up, playing ‘pick develop colour, shape to dress/undress and up sticks’ game with & pattern recognition. how buttons and zips cutlery. work. Running a Café I Packed My Cooking Ages 4+. Develops Suitcase Ages 5+. Cooking role play, social play, Ages 4+. Develops and baking teaches food/nutrition, money/ memory and children invaluable life counting. concentration. skills. Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 23
EARLY YEARS When Do Babies Start Walking? By Andrew Campbell A baby’s first steps are an exciting development that every parent eagerly anticipates, marking the transition to toddlerhood. Babies begin walking at their own pace and each is different. Walking can occur from as young as 9 months but most babies take their first steps between 12 and 18 months. A range of factors can affect when a baby begins to walk. A ‘risk taker’ So what does each of these stages will want to get up and going involve? quickly, whilst a more cautious child may not want to walk until they can READ MORE do it well. Larger babies may walk later because they have to be stronger before they can carry their own weight. Ear infections can disrupt balance and delay the walking process too. A younger child may Give your child copy an older sibling and learn a Bright Beginning! walking faster. . For children ages 15 months to 5 years There are key milestones you with funding for 2, 3 & 4 year olds . Open 7:30am to 6pm, all year round should expect to see on your baby’s journey to walking, as . Fully self-contained and secure follows: with 2 large outdoor play areas . Ofsted registered with Kicking, Wriggling and Rolling ‘Outstanding’ rating Grasping and Grabbing Call us today! Supporting Head on Hands/Arms 019 04 613566 Sitting, Crawling and Bottom 47 Rawcliffe Drive, York, YO30 6PD Shuffling Email: info@bright-beginnings.info www.bright-beginnings.info Standing and Cruising 24 March/April Familiesonline.co.uk
EARLY YEARS Easy Games and Activities for Toddlers Running out of ideas for keeping the little ones busy? Here’s some you may not have tried. Hair Cutting Shaving Cream Spring Play Dough Station Paper Garden Pompom Drop Posting box Rainbow Rice Tugging Box Book Drop Car Wash Tunnel Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 25
SCIENCE ACTIVITIES Fun Science Projects at Home Your kids will love these cool experiments and activities. Adult supervision may be required! Make a Balloon Create Crystal Build an Powered Car Snowflakes Electromagnet Make a Sensory Create Giant Plant an Ice Bottle Bubbles Garden Make Magic Milk Create a Cloud Make Butter 26 March/April Familiesonline.co.uk
ENVIRONMENT Let’s Go Plastic Free! Start reducing your plastic consumption now. How many of these products do you use? How many can you try soon? Swap products or introduce new habits—one at a time. A Simple Bar of Compostable Buy Loose Fruit Soap! Coffee Pods and Veg Bin the plastic plunger Swap to these Bring your own cotton container. Buy bars bar! Nespresso compatible or cloth bag to weigh We love these. compostable pods. and carry it home. Shampoo/ Reusable Sanitary Re-Fill your Conditioner Bar Pads Detergent Bottles Widely available. Try Wash at home, save Re-fill or make your Planet Organic or The money or use reusable own with white vinegar Body Shop. mooncup. & essential oils. Loose Washing/ Plastic Free Toilet Shaving Soap Dishwashing Paper 100% natural. Powder 100% plastic free. Free Hand made by Sainsbury’s sells its shipping (most orders). disadvantaged women own brand of powder. in Kerala. Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 27
ENVIRONMENT Let’s Go Plastic Free! Start small. Choose one new behaviour you’d like to take on board and only move to the next once it is established as a habit. Plastic Free Tooth Plastic Free Buy Loose and in Brushing Bathroom Bulk Think bamboo Cotton buds, dental Buy larger quantities. toothbrushes and floss, make up remover Store in glass jars. Re- toothpaste in tablets or pads and more! fill from zero waste a glass jar. shop. Start your Own Buy Oil in Larger Plastic Free Meat Food Group Quantities or Fish Buy products in bulk, Think 5 litres. Pour in Get your local save money, reduce glass bottles at home. butchers/fishmongers your carbon footprint. to wrap goods in paper. Deodorant Pasta in a Use Real Nappies Widely available. Try Cardboard Box Wash and re-use Boots, Holland & An easy switch that nappies or use a Barrett. will further reduce your laundry service. plastic footprint. 28 March/April Familiesonline.co.uk
TRAVEL UK Holiday Inspiration Families top ideas for places to enjoy a brilliant staycation in the UK this year! Please adhere to Covid-19 government guidelines when travelling. Bodmin Jail Hotel Rocks at Plas Curi Bovey Castle & Spa in Cornwall in North Wales Hotel in Devon 4-star boutique hotel 5* hostel near 5*, child-friendly, within the walls of the Snowdon + Zipworld. relaxed, dogs welcome. 18th century prison. Family friendly luxury. Plenty of activities. Crewe Hall in Eco Glamping in Eilean Shona in Cheshire Wales Scotland Luxury stay, famed 185 acres for walking, Cottages on magical afternoon tea, family hiking and wild private island off attractions nearby. swimming. Scotland’s west coast. Away Resorts Away Resorts offer a choice of seven fabulous UK locations, from countryside to coast, giving you the opportunity to fall in love with a new type of holiday. A holiday that puts you first, where your accommodation is off-the-scale amazing and where new experiences await at every turn. Our parks are jam-packed with fantastic facilities, from on-site restaurants and bars to indoor and outdoor swimming pools. As for entertainment and events– well, there’s something to keep every member of the family grinning from ear to ear. You can be sure of a holiday that will create “remember when we did that?” moments, lasting a lifetime. Familiesonline.co.uk March/April 29
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