Tag: Orchard Toys

  • First of december – Christmas presents for small children.

    I’ve been very lucky recently to review some excellent products and services, that would make fab presents for small children, and as it’s now December and I’m free to start thinking about Christmas, I thought it was high time I wrote about them. We’ve been big hama fans for quite some time, thought Smallest is…

  • Orchard Toys: Magic Cauldron game #review

    The lovely ppl at Orchard Toys sent me this Magic Cauldron Maths Game a couple of weeks back when I was bewailing basic maths skills on twitter. You see, we have a bit of a problem here. It’s a confidence thing really, but quite a bit of the really basic maths stuff, like number bonds…

  • Opportunity cost, decluttering, maths and stuff

    In the shadow of the news, we decluttered some more today. We sent books to New Zealand, gave away outgrown clothes to the Red Cross and freegled a very faded ring sling. And on twitter I met up with @Shelterbox, who are also working in Peru, Bolivia and Madagascar. I didn’t know about any of…