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.
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
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
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 […]
Imaginative Play – Why it’s Great for Parents!
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 […]
What To Do When You’re Almost Two.
The girls are at school and the big boy is at kinder, that just leaves the smallest at home. Noey is not used to being at home on his own. He’s used to having one, or three big kids to follow around. He’s used to having all his older siblings arguing over who he loves […]
Easy Art for Kids – Roll-on Painting.
“Can I paint Mum?” I almost said an automatic ‘no’ when he asked, but something made me stop and think first. It was already 2pm, and Noey was running around getting in to everything, and I had a blog post to write, and it was ballet night, and… So many reasons to say not now, […]
A Little Tub of Imagination.
It’s tough being four. It’s even tougher being four when you have two older sisters, and a baby brother, and no one ever lets you play the things you want to play. But sometimes it is good to be four. It’s good to be four when your sisters have gone to school and your brother […]
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