Three occurrences in the last few weeks have made me think about our children’s experiences with money and led to writing this blog in the hope to explain the importance of exposing children to using coins and notes to understand this vital commodity. £1 in my pocket I went over a toll bridge on a diversion on my way to work this week and handed over my trolley pound to pay, rushing off in my hurry to get there, without waiting for the change. Do you have a trolley pound in y

Happy New Year! Whether you vow to take up running, promise to make your bed every day, or tell yourself you’re going to eat your five-a-day each day of the week, it’s very well known that New Year’s resolutions are almost impossible to stick to. Our lives are so busy, it’s often really difficult to even think up any changes we want to make, so putting them into practice is even harder. I once heard someone on a podcast saying that it takes an adult at least two weeks to cha

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” The cakes and mince pies may have been made for a couple of months now (or in the shops if, like me, you don’t make your own!) and Black Friday, Red Monday and all the other coloured days that marketing teams can think of, are coming thick and fast. You’ve worked out who is going where on Christmas Day, how many chairs you’ll need (remember that Peter Kay joke about everyone being on different chairs around the table, at a range of

Review commissioned for Ryedale and Thirsk Mumbler, July 2024. The short version: Well organised, great food, good bands, funny...