Last weekend, desperate to get some peace and quiet so that the baby could sleep, I enticed my big kids outside by sending them on a treasure hunt! All it took was a list of items to hunt for, and a basket to put the treasures in and they were off, outside, leaving the baby […]
Make Your Own Personal Mail Boxes!
I’m trying to encourage my girls to practice their writing. They both enjoy writing stories, but are frustrated by the fact that their writing and spelling doesn’t match up with their imaginations. We needed a writing activity that used more every day words that they know, and less tricky words like ‘unicorn’ and ‘abracadabra’. So […]
Imaginative Play At Home.
A while back, I wrote an article for a friend, Pretend, Make Believe, Imagine, Play and Learn which was published on the Natural Parenting site. It was an easy article to write, it just kind of fell out of my fingers as they typed. It was easy because imaginative play is a topic I feel […]
Ten Things for Kids to do While Waiting.
Since The Father Figure became unwell we’ve had many trips to hospitals and doctors and there has been a lot of waiting around for the kids. And it’s not just that waiting around is boring, but at hospitals and similar places the kids are expected to be reasonably quiet and not run up and down […]
Hospital Play – Helping Kids Work Through Traumatic Experiences.
Dinosaurs and baby dolls have been having heart attacks left right and centre at our house this week. Barbie is an expert at calling an ambulance and offering first aid. The Doll’s house has been turned into a hospital and the Bindi doll, who was previously a very dedicated vet, has suddenly had a change […]
Ice Painting
It was hot here last week, and as I was filling the ice block trays for the eleventy hundredth time a little idea popped into my head. I got out the food colouring and dropped some colour into each ice block, then popped them in the freezer. The next day we donned aprons, found paper […]
Magic Painting!
When your sisters have gone to do something special without you, there needs to be some sort of fabulousness at home to even the score. On this occasion fabulousness for a three and a half year old was painting, but not just any kind of painting…. magic painting! Stuff we used.. An old wax candle […]
Say Yes to Painting.
The beginning of the new year always seems fill with such potential and optimism. I’m trying to catch those positive feelings and keep them hostage at the Pickle Farm for the rest of the year. One of the things I am trying to keep up with is saying yes to my kids more often. Many […]
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