Immerse your middle grade readers in captivating historical fiction books for tweens! 9 – 12 year olds will love these engaging history books that will transport them to a different time and place. From ancient civilizations, to the World Wars, and even some more modern history stories, these historical fiction books for tweens combine imagination […]
How to Help a Child Who Hates Maths
This post is sponsored by Westpac, who is proud to offer Mathspace Essentials free to all Australians. “I suck at maths.” “I just can’t do it.” “I hate maths so much!” Some kids love maths, but for many kids, maths is a chore they have to struggle through. And for some kids maths is the […]
How to Help Kids Manage Homework Without Hassles.
This post is sponsored by Westpac, who is proud to offer Mathspace Essentials free for all Australians Apart from reading, an occasional project or quick task, for the most part we haven’t had to deal with nightly homework in primary school. But high school is a whole different story! I admit, I was a bit […]
Managing Video Games – Ten Things Kids Need to Know.
This post is sponsored by PlayStation Australia We got our first game console years ago when our kids were little. We bought it for us adults, not for the kids, and for years my husband and I were the only ones who played it. But as the kids got older, as they learned to read, […]
Ten Apps for Tweens That Won’t Rot Their Brains (entirely)
“Too much screen time will rot our kids’ minds!” “Social media will ruin our kids’ lives!” Social media, the internet, devices, screen time… There is a lot of fear and distrust of computers, devices, social media and the internet when it comes to our kids, and I get it, really I do. I’m a parent […]
A Place to Come Home to.
There are some big changes happening for our family this year. The biggest is the huge step my girls will take from our small primary school, into a huge high school. The leap from grade six to year seven seems like a huge one. Six weeks summer holidays doesn’t seem like nearly enough time to […]
Six Reasons Family Time is Totally Worth the Effort.
This post is sponsored by the Bupa Team Family movement. I just can’t juggle everything any more. The kids keep fighting, the house is a disaster zone, nothing ever gets done, and I can’t find time to clean the toilet let alone time for ‘family connection’. It feels impossible. It is impossible. But in the […]
The Precarious Balance of Being A Tween
I used to hate the word ‘tween’, but now that I have lived through two tween girls and I am about to embark on the tween boy journey, I’ve changed my mind. Tween is a really accurate term. ‘Tween’, short for ‘in between’ , is exactly what they are. They are not really little kids […]