by LittleActivePeople | Jul 16, 2019 | Kids Activity Ideas, Physical Wellbeing
As you might expect, there’s a fair amount of debate out there as to the ‘benefits of being barefoot’ as opposed to the protection of shoes and footwear. Parents of babies and young children often ask the Body Mechanix team for advice regarding footwear in the early...
by LittleActivePeople | May 14, 2019 | Emotional Wellbeing, Kids Activity Ideas, Physical Wellbeing
Photo by Georgia Maciel from Pexels We at Little Active People are all about getting children active; both mentally and physically by reducing screentime. Gardening is a perfect activity that promotes both physical and mental health in our children....
by LittleActivePeople | Mar 25, 2019 | Emotional Wellbeing, Kids Activity Ideas, Physical Wellbeing
It’s so easy to want to wrap our children in cotton wool and protect them from the dangers of the world but children do need to know what to do in case of an emergency. There have been so many good news stories where children have saved their parent’s lives, that it’s...
by LittleActivePeople | Mar 14, 2019 | Screentime Advice
For those Baby Boomers (and some millennials), who remember life without 24/7 technology, life is much different now! Generation Z haven’t needed to master the art of conversation or being comfortable with their brains unstimulated. With some many devices and...
by LittleActivePeople | Mar 7, 2019 | Emotional Wellbeing, Physical Wellbeing
Kate Cohen is the owner of Sleep Time Baby. She is a certified sleep consultant and member of the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants and gives us the lowdown on how to help your children sleep better. How long you have been doing Sleep Time Baby for...
by LittleActivePeople | Mar 6, 2019 | Emotional Wellbeing, Kids Activity Ideas, Physical Wellbeing, Screentime Advice
Sleep becomes a big part of your life when you are a parent. Or rather trying to get your children to sleep (and stay asleep) becomes a big part of your life. It has such an impact on their behaviour, health and ability to learn that it’s really important that we help...
by LittleActivePeople | Feb 14, 2019 | Active Minds, Kids Activity Ideas
With many of us homeschooling our children, take a read through our guest blog by Little Writing Company for 5 fun free games to play that will help improve your child’s spelling this summer! Hundreds of years ago there were no rules about how things were spelt...
by LittleActivePeople | Feb 14, 2019 | Active Minds, Kids Activity Ideas
Being able to sew is a valuable life skill and developing it at a young age also has the benefit of improving their fine motor skills. Take a read through our guest blog ‘Part of the Fabric of Life’ by Miss Shelly Designs to help you to teach your child...
by LittleActivePeople | Feb 14, 2019 | Emotional Wellbeing, Kids Activity Ideas
by travelswithmum I have an anxious kid who doesn’t like to fly. He has always had anxiety to varying levels in varying situations but it wasn’t until recently he revealed to me that he get very anxious about flying. My immediate reaction was to say ” No you don’t,...
by LittleActivePeople | Feb 12, 2019 | Emotional Wellbeing
We first heard the term Positive Psychology a few months ago and were intrigued as to how it could help the wellbeing of both ourselves and our children! We started to read more about it and decided that we’d use it as the basis of our ‘happiness is’ campaign. If...
