Half way through half term and the white knuckle ride of trying to hold together the job and the kids is, well, half way over. If I hadn't had to work - teach, edit my book - here are the wonderful things I'd be doing with my kids:
Coram fields - great place to hang out, with animals for the kids and a great adventure playground and in the heart of Holborn. www.coramsfields.org/
The Horniman museum - never gone, but always wanted to as I'm told it's a fantastic museum for kids, with loads of unnusual things to see. Down in South London/Kent. Will get there one day. www.horniman.ac.uk/
Canal Museum - a family obsession of ours is the canal system and, one day, we'll own our own narrow boat. In the meantime, we can see them at this museum. www.canalmuseum.org.uk/
On the subject of canals, there's The Puppet Barge -a little theatre in Little Venice on a canal boat. It's a really great place to hang out with kids and see canals and narrow boats and catch a performance. www.puppetbarge.com/
I'm also really interested to see the Bank of England Museum and take the kids around the City. They even have a kids corner. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/museum/kids/index.htm
Speaking of interesting parts of London, a trip to Canary Whalf is worth it to see the boats, docks and visit the museum of London at Docklands. It's a fantastic buidling with some good kid facilities as well as interesting exhibitions. Little ones can run around a soft play area (couldn't get Rosa out of it, even though it's really small), and the bigger ones can mess around with cargo and weights and measures. www.museumindocklands.org.uk/ It's a bit of a trek to get to, but if you have boys, they'll love the Light Railway so the journey will be part of the fun.
Enough to fill half term and some!
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