This month, cool off in city fountains, relax on urban beaches and build your own ice lollies with your preschooler.
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Set in an immersive ‘garden’ environment, Baby Show felt at once magical and familiar, with the real genius being its simplicity
I was picturing a room full of sponges with a couple of people in costumes bouncing around helping the babies climb into buckets.
Hibou, in case you were wondering, is French for owl, while cuckoo is English for erm… cuckoo.
Children are encouraged to think independently and collaborate to create walkways, see-saws and slides using diverse materials.
The Corner House is less a play cafe and more a small, well-planned city in which to play, eat, drink, meet and learn.
What?: I’ve taken Bab to the V&A a few times, with mixed results. There was the time we went for an aimless wander and she got absolutely covered in museum-floor filth, kept trying to prod the priceless artefacts and pissed off a waitress by recarpeting the cafe floor with Petit Filous
What?: The last time we attempted a parent-and-child dance activity it didn’t end spectacularly well. This was more down to personal circumstance, that being my general dislike of clubbing – which had somehow completely slipped by mind – and Bab’s crappy mood on that particular day
What?: Picturesque Victorian museum renowned for its internationally important collection of taxidermy and anthropological objects, its vast assortment of weird and wonderful musical instruments, and its super-chilled aquarium
Older kids can be left under the watchful eye of the playroom supervisor while their parents do their thing
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