When I suggested that he might like to do some stamping, Muski jumped up excitedly and began to stamp his gum-booted feet loudly around the room! “Not that kind of stamping… ” I giggled. “Well what kind of stamping then?” He asked crossly. “The kind you do with those animal stamps we got from Eco […]
We Play – Tying Shoe Laces
It seems we have come to that point in time when I can avoid it no longer. The only pair of pink sneakers in a size big enough to fit Izzy have shoe laces. Yes, laces… not velcro, not stretchy elastic things, but real, need to be tied, laces. Now I have to teach Izzy […]
A Fairy Story
The Fairy Concert – by Zoe. Once apon a time, a long long time ago, in a valley, far, far away there lived some fairies. Some of the fairies were Sun Fairies and they liked to dance in the sunshine. Some of the fairies were Shadow fairies and they liked to dance under the moon […]
Online resources for kids.
My kids generally have very limited access to the internet, both through circumstances (crappy country net access) and my personal views on kids and technology and boundaries we’ve set. But with the school holidays almost upon us, winter weather keeping us inside more and the uncertainty of exactly when this baby will arrive making big […]
We Play.. and Sing Car Songs!
Joining in with Childhood101’s We Play series today. ‘Car World’ was recently constructed in my living room…. At first it was just a line up of cars, then it became some roads, then a bridge which, with the return of the Big Girls from school, turned into a ramp that flew cars off the table […]
We Play… With Old Technology!
We’re back for another week of Childhood 101’s We Play! This time it is the big girls who are playing… with old technology! We dragged out the old typewriter after school today. When we were fist given the typewriter about a year ago, the girls were fascinated by how it worked. They immediately got the […]
Ricebubble Treat Eggs!
We made these Ricebubble (or Rice Krispy if you live on the other side of the world) Treat eggs to give as little Easter gifts to friends and family this weekend. Thanks to Kitchen Simplicity’s Three No-Bake Easter Treats post for the great idea. (found via Simple Bites) My one tip… pop the mix in […]
Paint Big!
What do you do when you get some really big bits of cardboard after an Ikea purchase, but they are not in box form and there is only two of them so all attempts at making a cubby fail miserably? You paint BIG, that’s what you do! Ikea is also a good resource for drawing […]