Early Learning Centre Broom

Having lino in the kitchen, both bathrooms and laminate in the porch and by the back door, I have to sweep quite often. I am known to be quite lazy and just hoover over these but it doesn’t have the same cleaning ability as a good old sweep and mop. Whenever I got my broom out to have a sweep, my daughter would always pinch it from me and try and do it herself. The quick task of sweeping the floor often turned into a longwinded never ending chore. I decided to buy her a broom so she could help me without having to pinch my broom. This broom is from the Early Learning Centre and cost me £7 a ... more

We moved house just before Christmas last year and as the new place has laminate flooring throughout I bought a couple of brooms so we could keep up with keeping the floor clean, but without switching the vac on every two minutes. Well, Hollie loved the brooms - it's something we've never really owned before and she's a bit fascinated. That's why I ended up paying seven quid for a half size broom (my full-sized one costing £3.49!) in ELC last week. The brooms are now designed to have a slightly more traditional look than the one in the piccie above. They now have a wooden effect handle and the ... more

My son has an Early Learning Centre (ELC) Broom as part of a ELC Cleaning Set which consisted of a broom, dustpan & brush and a mop. Funnily enough, he picked this out himself - which is a little ironic when you bear in mind how much he is likely to avoid such implements when he is a few years older! The whole kit cost £10.00 from my local ELC store in Cheltenham and as it contained all three household implements, I thought the value was okay, especially considering the fact that the broom itself cost £7.00 if bought by itself. The broom does look exactly like a traditional broom, except for ... more