This month, cool off in city fountains, relax on urban beaches and build your own ice lollies with your preschooler.
Summer
The sprawling park really comes into its own in summer with its trio of bathing ponds, 61-metre lido and children’s paddling pool.
The playground attracts 1,000,000 visitors a year thanks to its lush surroundings, central location and imaginative construction.
Should they need a break from climbing, sliding and mud-pie making, the pint-sized picnic huts offer the perfect place to refuel.
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?: Seven-acre inner-city playground occupying the site of the former London Foundling Hospital. If you’ve ever been to the Foundling Museum you’ll already know the story of Captain Thomas Coram, the philanthropist who founded the hospital in 1739 to house and care for the countless abandoned children living on the capital’s streets
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
You can throw in as many plant-based puns and giant flowers stolen from the set of The Day of the Triffids as you want; a play area still needs a variety of decent things to play on
A truly inspiring class whose uniqueness is enhanced by the beautiful setting and lovely staff
There’s plenty of sensory stuff for super-tinies, with lily pads to bounce on and chimes to beat the crap out of
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