Peter and the Wolf at the National Children’s Theatre until 18th April A specially constructed outdoor stage, a superb cast of 4 talented actors, a much loved story told by a narrator and various props; and a wonderful creative retelling of this story: with school holidays coming up Peter and the Wolf at the National […]
Little Maestros: introducing children to musical instruments Little Maestros is a wonderful initiative to introduce small children to musical instruments: what they can do, how they sound, how they work and what they can play. Once a month Little Maestros holds a one-hour concert which is a very interactive affair. While there’s a lot of […]
Irene Dairy Farm, a working dairy farm 45 minutes from Liz at Lancaster, has been in the Van Der Byl family for 5 generations. In the past people could go to the diary to buy milk but now the farm is opened up as a country destination with 2 restaurants and a shop (where you can still buy milk but not at 45c per gallon!) It is also now a very popular conference and wedding venue.
Public schools in Gauteng break up on 31st March until 18th April. This means it’s time to update the last now-outdated PPP [aka Parent Protection Programme]. In addition to the various child-centred places I have written about in previous posts, there are a couple of new ones I’ve discovered.
More on parent protection programme Yes .. 6 months have passed since our last blog on what to do with small children in the Parks during the holidays … only now it’s midsummer with quite a few places closing for Christmas through to the new year. Check for many of the playgrounds, local child-friendly eateries […]
Family friendly venue 5 blocks from Liz at Lancaster Recently a family with 2 energetic young boys stayed at Liz at Lancaster. As they did not have a car, they wanted to be able to do things nearby where their 2 little ones could let off some steam. One of their favourite places was the […]
22 years later…. Liz at Lancaster is lucky enough to have an amazing clientele: Lots of repeat guests many of whom have become almost like family as we welcome new members of the next generation to stay with us. A few weeks ago we had guests come back to stay after being out of South […]
Jozi has much on offer to add to kids’ holiday excitement – wonderful activities, fun places to visit and great shows to see. The playground at Delta Park is always a firm favourite with active youngsters, and there’s plenty of space to take a picnic and relax in the winter sun. Other special places for […]
Kids Activities – BUT many of these have closed down: Guests at Liz at Lancaster have a small (completely adorable) 2 year old. He is very sociable and wants to socialize with persons who have the same interests (like us all!) and because his parents are only here in SA for 2 months or so, […]
Want to celebrate with the family over New Year and don’t know what to do? There are a couple of different options: Jozi Carnival The 2011 theme of the annual Joburg Carnival is Jozi my Jozi 125 celebrating the anniversary of the city’s existence. It will take place on 31 December from 12pm and leaves […]