Blogs- School of Play

10th June 2021

The Diary of a Mum: Baby Number 2 is Due! (Chapter 4)

‘Woooo Hoooo, we’re having another baby!’ Before I had children I wanted five boys, people used to joke that I wanted to start my own football team but I was set on five boys, no more, no less. I then had a child and that five soon turned into […]

5th May 2021

The Diary of a Mum: Meditation, Therapy and Mental Health (Chapter 3)

Now I am no expert in this field, I read lots of self-help books and I have had therapy myself but this blog is purely based on my experience and my opinion. If you’d have asked me about mental health 5 years ago I wouldn’t have been able to tell […]

20th April 2021

The Diary of Mum: Being a Working Mum (Chapter 2)

First of all, being a working parent is HARD; juggling family time, me time, and work issues is really difficult and I think we are all pretty strong for doing it and need to give ourselves more credit! Every parent out there has suffered mum/dad guilt at some point and […]

27th March 2021

The Feeling Of ‘Hygge’ And How We Can Implement This Feeling Into Childcare

Before I explain the meaning of ‘Hygge’ (Hyoo-Gah) and how it is relevant to childcare, I would like to mention the special person that introduced the concept to me, one of my best friends, Maria, from Denmark. Her initial explanation of the word has always stuck with me and so […]

16th March 2021

The Diary of a Mum: The good. The challenging. The AMAZING. (Chapter 1)

The good, The challenging, The AMAZING. Growing up, all I ever wanted to be was a mum. I don’t know why, maybe seeing my mum and Babcia (grandma) do such a fantastic job made me think I would just naturally fit into the role. When I fell pregnant, […]

11th January 2021

Keeping Motivated and Avoiding Procrastination

Now, don’t get me wrong, I am one to procrastinate multiple times a day which ultimately allows my motivation to slip slowly down the drain until I end up feeling sorry for myself because my work-load has begun to loom over my head like a dreaded rain cloud. However, very […]

1st November 2020

5 Ways to Help your Child Develop a Positive Mindset

“When it comes to health and well-being, exercise is about as close to the magic potion as we can get” – Tich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese Monk) There isn’t one single magic solution to developing a positive mindset but creating habits will certainly help get us there. In these uncertain times, […]

25th October 2020

Practice Makes Perfect

As parents, you have all most likely heard of the Nature vs Nurture argument. A theory in which we try and figure out if our child is automatically going to be the next Einstein or if we need to start pumping their brains with knowledge from the day they’re born. […]

18th October 2020

The Importance of Meaningful Conversations

“Conversation is food for the soul” (Guy de Maupassant) From my experience, I know that children can talk and talk and talk… until they have completely forgotten the topic of conversation they began with! They begin with talking about what they did in their maths class and end up on […]

11th October 2020

The Importance of Good Sleep

“Sleep is the best form of meditation” – Dalai Lama Cognitive Ability (Performance in School) Strong scientific research shows that a good night’s sleep can significantly increase how our brain functions. A lack of sleep has proven to impair our executive function, which are skills needed to manage daily life. […]