Activities for kids

How to Make Plastic Bottle Sand Scoops.

May 22, 2012

It’s cold here right now. Yesterday morning it was -2 degrees C in my kitchen (which is possibly because one wall and the ceiling are still made of blue tarps). I think I was a hibernating animal in my past life, because when it is dark and dreary outside I just want to shut all [...]

Printable Autumn Leaf Puppets and a Song

May 17, 2012

We’ve gone a little autumn leaf mad this week, so please excuse us if you are on the other side of the world, or live somewhere where there aren’t many leaves changing! After threading with leaves earlier in the week, the kids reminded me of a favourite song they have all learned at kinder (preschool). [...]

Autumn Leaf Threading

May 15, 2012

Sometimes I just need to find a good excuse to brave the freezing weather and get everyone outside. On the weekend that reason was autumn leaves… we needed to collect autumn leaves. I wasn’t exactly sure why we needed autumn leaves, it just seemed like an important thing to do before they all fell from [...]

Easy Art For Kids – String and Block Printing.

May 8, 2012

Some days it is all about quick and easy. It’s all about using things I have on hand, not needing to buy or collect or wait for anything. Today it was an old idea from the my early days of teaching, and I can’t believe I’ve never done this my own kids It’s easy, a [...]

Reasons Why I Cook with my Kids

May 1, 2012

I had been promising my big boy that we could make ginger bread cookies with his new dragon and bunny cookie cutters ever since we got them. But I’ve been putting it off. I already spend enough time in the kitchen, I didn’t need to spend more time in there and have more mess to [...]

Make A Crown! – Free Printable Crown Template

April 24, 2012

There are a lot of different crowns in our house, but according to Morgan, none of them are ‘Kingly enough’. Our original printable tiara template was not right. Apparently a King’s crown needs a spot for a really big jewel at the top, and it’s more pointy. Armed with these instructions I set to work [...]

Five Ways to Play When You Really Don’t Feel Like It

April 17, 2012

Some days I just don’t feel like doing anything. Especially if I am not feeling well, or I’ve had little sleep the night before. Some days I just don’t want to set up an art activity, or take the kids anywhere. Some days I just don’t want to play, but the kids always do. So [...]

Imaginative Play – Why it’s Great for Parents!

April 10, 2012

In case you haven’t noticed, I really like imaginative play. Lucky for me, so do my kids! Kids learn so much from imaginative play. It is an holistic type of play, covering all areas of develop and allowing the child to focus on and learn whatever he or she is most interested in or ready [...]

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Printable Love or Lunch Box Notes.
February 3, 2012

I am back making school lunches and next week my big boy will need lunch for kinder (preschool) too, thankfully only once a week, but all of them want to know when I will start leaving notes in their lunch boxes! So I think it’s time for some new lunch box notes. I am not [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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