Genuinely ace earbuds under £20. | Christmas Gift Guide
Time and again I’m tasked with finding decent earbuds for my ever-connected-to-tech teens. I have tried the super-cheap under £10 versions; they’re okay… but you’ll only have sound in one ear within 2mths so it’s not actually money-saving in the long run. My aim now is to find earbuds under £20 that will keep a sound-snob teen happy in his ears. So when 1More got in touch to see if we’d like to...
Revise A Level English and Win a Fjällräven Kanken backpack and BOOKS!
This week we had a live Twitter Q&A with Mark Roberts (@mr_englishteach ), author of the new “You can’t revise for A Level English Literature! Yes you can, and Mark Roberts shows you how”.We were talking to parents of teenagers, about revising for A Level English, and you can see the Q&A on Twitter under the hashtag #CantReviseEng here – it’s filled with terrific tips and advice from Mark. You can’t revise for A...
YOU CAN cook tasty food – easy tips to get kids cooking. WIN!
Tomorrow we have a live Twitter Q&A with Helen Burgess (@LittleCooksCo), author of the new “YOU CAN cook tasty food”. If you’re looking for some half term inspiration, or you have a budding young cook who keeps invading your kitchen, then tomorrow lunchtime we may have just the thing you’re looking for. Helen Burgess is a qualified nutritionist and founder of Little Cooks Co., the award-winning monthly cooking kits...
Win 1 of 2 Ruff and Tumble drying coats from DogsDogsDogs worth up to £70
We are working with the canine team at Dogs Dogs Dogs – and we’re kicking things off with a giveaway of TWO Ruff and tumble drying coats – depending on the size you need, they’re worth up to almost £70 each! If you win you get to choose the size you need, obviously: if you have a terrier we suggest you don’t need the GSD version. Dogs Dogs Dogs are a local company with a national reputation, with a website which is quite strict...
Win a set of Mary Berry’s ‘The English Garden’ Beautiful Tableware worth £60
We’re so excited to offer you the chance to win this beautiful set of Mary Berry tableware, in her new ‘English Country Garden’ pattern. It feels like the most perfect competition to be running for Mother’s Day (and yes, okay, no one will win this in time for Mothering Sunday, but look at it – it’s a beautiful prize no matter when it arrives). And if you can’t wait, all products in the English Garden range are available from Sak home...
How to help teens increase their self-kindness
Becky Goddard-Hill is a children’s psychotherapist and wellbeing author. Her new activity book for kids aged 6-12 is called Create Your Own Kindness and it teaches kids to be kinder to themselves other people and to the planet. Self-Kindness is of course crucial no matter what age you are and here Becky looks at why, for teens, this matters now more than ever. The impact of recent times on emotional health This pandemic has been...