by Sara Bobkoff | Education
Looking for a school for your child but not sure how to begin? Amsterdam Mama Sara Bobkoff has been through the process and has some tips on how to get started. There are lots of websites available in Amsterdam to help you start your research. Most are in Dutch...
by Anna Csanadi | Health, Pregnancy, The Mamas Recommend
Had a baby and looking for some gentle exercise to get back into shape? Here are our tried-and-tested classes for postnatal mamas. At Your Home Pascale Bonnet Pascale offers a private yoga programme, carefully chosen to stretch and strengthen your body safely and...
by Deborah Nicholls-Lee | Children, Summer
When the city swelters, you needn’t. Here are eight ways to keep your cool with the kids on a hot day in Amsterdam. 1. Fun Forest Let the kids make like apes on the climbing trails at FunForest, sheltered under the shady bowers of...
by Hazel West | Birth Stories, New to Amsterdam, Pregnancy
Would you let your child be present at the birth of their sibling? Hazel was unsure at first, but her eldest daughter brought something extraordinary and unexpected to the experience. Here is her birth story. Taking a deep breath, I gathered all my strength together...
by Kara Bos | Children's Activities, New to Amsterdam, The Mamas Recommend
With water all around, swimming skills are an absolute essential for kids in Amsterdam. You’ve recently moved to Amsterdam and your child doesn’t know how to swim. Or your child is at the age that an A diploma is mandatory in order to go in the deep end of a public...
by Deborah Nicholls-Lee | Autumn, Children, Children's Activities
“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…” Make your own Ode to Autumn with the kids this season with these brilliant ideas from the Amsterdam Mamas. Do a Scavenger Hunt in the Woods Make a list of 10 things your kids have to find (red leaf, acorn, pine cone etc.) and...