Nanny Anita is our resident Super Nanny. Having trained at the famous Norland College, in Bath, she has over 12 years experience, working all over the world with children from 2 months to 17 years old.
Nanny Anita is an expert when it comes to keeping the little ones entertained and writes a column with Leonora called 'Get Crafty' for Little London magazine.
Nanny Anita has been on hand to answer our reader questions, and she provides weekly arts, crafts and activities for families to do with their children at home.
She really is a modern day Mary Poppins!
We recently had people over doing some content work on the Baba West products, so we had a few toddlers around at the house. The weather, for once, was really nice, so I pulled out the water tables that we hav...
I know that 4th July has already passed but I thought I would post the Loo Roll Bald Eagles that were inspired by Independence Day.
Make sure you follow my junk modelling board on Pinterest for more ideas. D...
I saw this on Instagram a few weeks ago and thought it looked quite sweet, maybe slightly young for my charges, but definitely one to remember. However, when YC heard about it she was really keen to try this f...
I've always liked to keep a diary when travelling, so that I can look back on the adventures I've had. I try to make sure that while on holiday my charges keep a diary as well. Not a long one, just a couple of ...
During the half term YC and I were having an artsy morning. We got out a variety of materials and started creating. She decided to make a dolls house out of a shoe box, whereas I decided I wanted to try doing...
Did anyone extract DNA during biology class at school? I remember doing it at A-Levels when we were looking at DNA. Extracting DNA from fruit is actually a really easy experiment to do at home and fun for kid...
EC and I were watching the latest Spider Man movie and he saw that I was making a friendship bracelet while watching it. He was really interested in what I was doing and asked if he could learn to make one. S...
Stacking stones are meant to be very calming. I didn’t really put this activity together for that reason (although if it helps calm YC and EC when they’re angry then that is a bonus). I put it together as a bui...
Years ago, I wrote a blog piece called fun things to do with marbles, now I have a new piece to add to add. DIY marble mazes.
Make sure you follow my activities board on Pinterest for more ideas. Don’t forg...
I don’t think I have every come across a child who doesn’t like bubbles. Over the years we have done a number of different bubble related activities. This time we have been making different types of bubble wand...
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