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January 30, 2012

Does Kids TV promote bad behaviour?

Filed under: General Chit-Chat,News — Tags: BBC, Behaviour, friends, kids, labels, links, Peppa pig, school, sooty, TV — Ann-Maree @ 9:00 am

Hitting the news headlines at the minute is Peppa pig and chums, not for the right reasons. Many parents believe that their children are imitating the bad behaviour of Peppa and his mischievous brother George. The debate here is whether Kids TV influences our behaviour (or at least is one influence on behaviour). One argument is that it is not TV, parents control TV viewing and also bring the children up with morals and values (that the majority of the kids programmes try to push the kids the right way too), Sesame Street for example, helps kids to learn new words and moral values. However the argument is that kids programmes have changed, and moved on from Sesame Street to the likes of Peppa Pig, who does get up to a fair bit of trouble.

However, I personally don’t believe this is true, in my day I watched a programme Called ZZAPP which featured a character designed to be mischievous!, Sooty and sweep were constantly hitting each other over the head, and Bodger and Badger were constantly throwing mash potato at each other! Nothing new there it would seem. On all the kids TV shows the naughty characters always get their comeuppance, so if anything I believe that they are providing examples of what will happen if you behave badly.

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January 23, 2012

Chosing a Nursery- now with extra help

Filed under: General Chit-Chat — Tags: bag tags, Creative, Growth, iron on, kids, labels, labels4kids, nursery, OFSTED, Rating, school, sew on, stick on, Vinyls — Ann-Maree @ 9:00 am

With so much choice and availability these days, picking a nursery is becoming increasingly difficult. Depending on budget and personal preference there are many different styles of day-care to choose from. Nannies and child-minders are live in helpers, there in your home for when you need them, often reasonably expensive, but with the expectations and requirements these days it’s not surprising that they come with a hefty price-tag.

Many families are expecting their Nannies to help their kids with exams, teach them foreign languages, teach them sports such as skiing and even be able to go on family yacht holiday!

But when it comes to nurseries there’s a lot to consider. Until recently it used to be that nurseries were un-rated in systems such as OFSTED in schools, you just had to visit and check the nursery out for yourself. However recently they have introduced a new OFSTED rating system for nurseries, graded on child interaction, the development of word and speech recognition and improvement of maths skills. So now there’s a handy rating system to allow you to choose the best nursery in your area. Some could argue that this is a bit over the top for a nursery school to go through as it’s just a step up to schooling, others argue that you can now see for yourself the best schools in your area for what your child needs.

So if you’re stuck and need a handy system to pick the nursery suitable for your child the new Ofsted reports can be accessed online and if already at nursery you can check the progress reports online too! Hopefully that will help you make the tough decision!

Make sure that you label up all your little ones clothes, shoes and bags before you send them off to nurserey so they dont loose anything. Labels4Kids do a range of sew on, stick on and iron on labels.

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January 20, 2012

Has the wild cat of Woodchester struck again?

Filed under: General Chit-Chat — Tags: beast of bodmin moore, Deer attack, labels4kids — Ann-Maree @ 11:52 am

There’d domething strange happening in the Cotswolds at the minute. A few weeks ago a completely stripped carcus of a small deer was found in a woodchester field, creating a media frenzy similar to that surrounding the illusive “beast of Bodmin moore”. The forenzics examining the carcus said it could have been a large animal, but couldn’t be sure what kind. Imaginative wolf like creatures and giant cats were being thrown about, until the secondf carcus occurred.
A woman out walking her dog found the leftovers of the other carcus, vital organs missing, a few bite and scratch marks visible around the head area of the deer. The forenzics believe this is evidence of a large cat attack. The markings were similar to that of the first find and the scientists believe that this attack was done by the same animal.
So maybe this is the beast of bodmin moore, making its return a few miles up the road, or another big cat roaming around. Either way, do we have wild cats on the loose around the woods of South England? And if so how are they managing to hide from everyone? …. The plot thickens.

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January 12, 2012

We never got that in my day!

Filed under: General Chit-Chat — Tags: children, christmas presents, internet, iPad, iron on clothing labels, money saving ideas, online, personalised bag tags, personalised lego bricks, sew-on labels, shopping, stick-in clothing labels, Storage, Technology, toys, Woven iron on labels, xbox 360 — Ann-Maree @ 5:09 pm

We never got that in my day!

Christmas lists of the past have gone. No longer do we find, Bikes, Slides, Scalextrics, Barbies, they have all been replaced by smaller, more expensive versions. No longer is it a bike, but a bike game for their brand new DS, X-Box or iPad.

Stores reported a loss in sales figures this Christmas with the only area not being as badly hit being online retail. An assumption one could make from this is, because the items being requested from Santa are a lot smaller, online shopping is often easier, without the expense of running a store, the online outlets can also offer a bigger deal, with the current financial crisis that is a big attraction to shoppers. But once the gifts are bought how long a life cycle do they have?

With kids getting interested in technology at a younger age, the shelf life of their presents are getting smaller, mainly due to the manufactures constantly pumping out newer smaller, thinner and faster versions of the previous models. So how can we give a new lease of life to our kids toys? Suggestions in the office seem to vary from a rotation system (put the new toys in the attic, and swap them for the other toys, (do this every month), to having a time allowance for your child with each of their new toys and using the toys as an incentive to get them to finish their homework.

The issue seems to stem from a discussion being raised a lot in the media circles at the minute. Are manufacturers and their PR teams targeting children with too much force through their marketing campaign. An interesting study has been reviewed by Lee Thomas http://www.thebruns.ca/articles/50793 (here) in which the argument is that the companies know how to target, and almost brainwash the impressionable minds of the children to a compulsive need for the specific product. And even if the child misses the brand targeting adverts (by some miracle) the peer pressure from friends in the playground can often leave parents with an ear-ache at home (if he’s got it why cant I have it?!)

On a final note, once they have all the presents, new clothes, bags e.t.c make sure they don’t get lost at school, label up your bags with Labels4Kids Bag Tags or Personalised Lego Bricks . And Don’t forget are huge selection of Iron, Sew or Stick-On labels available for your clothes and shoes!