Koru Kids has after school nannies in your local area Find out more The day you have been looking forward to and dreading in equal measure is drawing nearer: your child’s first day at school. They are about to step into a world that means uniforms, homework and suddenly, you find yourself having moments of…
We’ve just introduced nanny shares to our after school nanny service at Koru Kids. To celebrate, we’re offering 30 free hours of shared care to every family that signs up and hires one of our nannies with another family by the end of September.* In case you don't know what a nanny share is… A…
After school nanny shares can be brilliant for kids, parents and nannies alike. Kids get to play with a friend, parents save money by sharing the cost of the nanny, and nannies get paid more per hour. It's a true win-win-win for everyone. Want to know more about nanny share? Read this post. Haven’t signed…
After school nanny shares can be brilliant for kids, parents and nannies alike. Kids get to play with a friend. Parents save money by sharing the cost of the nanny. And nannies get paid more per hour. It's a true win-win-win for everyone. Introducing after school nanny share A nanny share is where two families…
Hitchin Lavender. Image: Shutterstock Instagram has given prominence to many previously unheralded trends, the latest of which being lavender fields. The purple plant has grown in popularity recently and as a result, more and more farms are opening to the general public. We’ve compiled a list of the four best lavender fields around London for…
"I love the flexibility of nanny share – we can increase or decrease our hours each week and our nanny has been great, we really fell on our feet with her." Mum of two, Blackheath We love nanny shares because we believe it ticks the boxes for all the most important parts of childcare, from…
The Bakerloo Line isn’t always fast and you’ll swelter in the summer, but I think a lot of Londoners feel strangely fond of it, in part because it stops at so many places we associate with days out as children: the zoo, the South Bank, Madame Tussauds. Unfortunately for those of you travelling with a…
In the third of our series exploring days out along your most convenient tube line, we're looking at the Central Line. Hopping on your local line means fewer changes, less carrying two stone of toddler down windy and perilous staircases, and hopefully less stress. Here you’ll find suggestions ranging from Japanese canteens to bluebell woods,…
Since I started working on this article, I have had friends tell me they’re frowned on because their child ‘only’ does swimming as an after school activity. Another parent talked about how she has friends doing weekly tutoring with their two-year-olds in addition to nursery. And last week when out and about, I was asked…
Subscribe to the Bringing Up Great Kids newsletter to receive great content like this monthly. Subscribe Over the course of last year the Bringing Up Great Kids Facebook group has been filled with thoughtful discussion and debate on a huge range of topics from whether you should bribe your kids to do chores to the…