Mogs and clogs shoe style

Mogs and clogs shoe style but not actually clogs as I don't actually A) Live in Holland B) Live Up north in olden times though B is sort of true as I do actually up North well Midlands. Though I am a southner who was born in Scotland. Are you following so far ? good!

Jack Black hides in the silliest of places waiting for a errant foot wafting by (in this hot weather wafting  in more ways than one) I don't tend to mention Jack as much he's very much Hong Kong Fuey and Rollie is the the mild mannered brains behind the outfit.

You wiil find Jack here in the bath,  you'll find him in quiet contemplation at the table of life.

He's quite apt at cat bombing a photo shot....

And gets in the way when you are sorting out your bills. I think Jacks daft what do you think ??

After all Rollie is the evil master minded genius.

Summer Holiday Sensory Play Fun : Water Beads and Lights

I came across a fantastic idea for my observation at school which was water beads and lights involved in sensory play .

Focus

The focus for my observation was a targeted group of children so the help they needed was with the pincer grip which in turn helps them with pencil grip. Clear instructions were given that the water beads were not to be put in their mouths or thrown about as water beads tend to skip every where.

First of I got the children to warm their fingers up by getting them to touch each of their fingers to their thumbs, this action was repeated several times.

The activity 

The activity consisted of two colours of water beads, plastic Easter eggs , submerge able lights,plastic sea creatures and sea creature beads. I set a water tray with the beads, and places the submersible lights and small sea creatures beads with the plastic Easter eggs.This activity is ideal with the lights turned out as it becomes very magical.

But we were outdoors and as it was dull and overcast the turning off lights really didn't matter. I explained to the children that I wanted to pick the sea creature up using the pincer grip( I demonstrated )

Also I showed the children that they could open the plastic eggs by twisting them open (this is excellent for their fine motor skills ) Also to encourage the correct use of pressure of pencil grip on a pencil I demonstrated that you could pick up a water bead carefully and hold it between your finger and thumb.

The children had great fun playing in the water beads along with the submersible lights which were hidden in the plastic Easter Eggs along with some small sea creature beads.

Summary

Weak fingers can be strengthened by the child/children using theraputty, also tweezers and bead, threading. I linked this to their early learning goals physical, social and language communication. With pencil grip they have to have the right amount of pressure to little and the pencil mark will be faint, spider like and wobbly. If its too tight the pencil grip with result in the pencil going through the paper and makes the child tired.

Silent Sunday 14th July

Sun : Photography Inspiration

The simplest of situations can inspire me for example a country walk to escape the trials and tribulations of the day  or just because there doesn't always have to be a reason for a walk. The sun helps I must admit its a mood leveller and lifts us even the grumpiest of moments.

And finally sunset at home ...

Micro MX Trixx Scooter Scooting Stories

Scooters are fun aren't they you have them as a child yourself and then when you have children they have scooters and so the cycle to coin a phrase starts all over again. Except that now children who becomes teenagers who in turn, turn into adults carry on using scooters it's the retro revival brought to a modern age.

Scooters bring out the inner daredevil within us  and I'll let you into a little secret if you promise not to tell ?! I have when my son's not been looking or when he's out at school scooted down the road. There is a wonderful sense of freedom scooting along it makes me feel young again and with that comes a happiness! ooh to be carefree free again .

Anyway I digress Micro -Scooter have a expansive range of scooters all the way from toddlers to adults and Micro Scooter have now tapped into the adventurous side of theirs and our nature and developed a new range of Micro Xtreme scooter which are not only for sedately scooting through the park. No NO they  have a scooter for every single ability which will soon be seeing people doing flicks and ollies ?( or is that skateboarding) You can tell I am not quite down with the scooting lingo!

Its all a good idea and good practise to make sure you wear a helmet knee and elbow pads when attempting the xtreme side of scooting. I fear that I myself I will never release the  skillful stunt scooter action rider that I know I am not.

Ready for MX Trixx scooter action. (Though not in your school shoes you don't)

My teen on the other is another matter he twirls and hurls himself all the place and I often always find myself looking through the gaps in my fingers when he is on his MX  Trixx ( white edition) scooter. The scooter is light yet despite this it is incredibly sturdy and durable I think J 's only gripe with the scooter is that it is a fixed height as once past the age of 12 children have this nasty habit of growing.

That said it's a quality scooter that will last them from the age you get  the MX Trixx and it  is suitable from the age of 5 and as I previously mentioned what good quality it is ,then you are only going to have to make one scooter purchase. The scooter retails at £99.95 you may take a sharp intake of breath but remember this is a well built quality scooter than will last them from the age of 5 . And it will put up with as children do being slung on the floor ( we all know they shouldn't do this but they do )

Here below is an idea of what you can expect of the scooter.

Disclosure ( we were sent the scooter for the purposes of this review and I have not been told what to write all opinions are that of my own )