London is such an interesting place, with so much to see and do for all ages and all time of day! Since I have been blogging more commercially I have had more and more opportunities to visit both on my own and with my children\/family. Either way it has really sparked the interest of my children as they either want to know more about where I have been and\/or where they are going: Not only that but the more times they go the more we discover exciting places to explore.<\/p>\n
Over the past couple of years my youngest two have been learning about London at school. This ranged from information about Buckingham Palace (did you know that there are 78 bathrooms!), the Plague to The Great Fire of London (which was 350 years ago on September 2nd<\/sup>!). Getting the children actively involved with their learning really helps them to engage and remembered what they have been told. I really liked how the school encouraged the children to make cardboard houses which they then burnt at school – to re-enact the bakery in Pudding Lane starting The Great Fire of London. I also took my children to Monument and Pudding Lane itself, so that they could really get a feel of how close this was to where they now live.<\/p>\n