Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Just a quick note to state the obvious: if you have tried to look at the Planning With Kids blog over the last couple of hours (wee hours of Wed morning), you will see I have hit a snag or two with the presentation of the blog.
Apologies for any inconvenience ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
This is a little bit off tangent from my standard posts on planning and all things kid related, but I think they are really important so wanted to share them with you. They are Australian based but generosity knows no geographical boundaries!!!!
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
School readiness is a widely discussed topic and it is something I am reviewing myself at the moment just to make sure that Possum will be indeed ready for school next year.
From the research that I have done, I have come up with a check list (love a list!!) which ...
Posted in Child Development | 5 Comments »
Monday, April 28th, 2008
We leave Friday morning for Mildura to attend a family wedding, so I escape cooking for a few nights which will be fun! It will hopefully give me a little more time to work on my menu planner as well.
As discussed before, I have created my own Microsoft Access ...
Posted in Menu Planning, Recipes | 6 Comments »
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
On Saturday I posted about thoughts of mine and some leading educators on the purpose of preschool. One of things I love so much about blogging, is the sharing of information and ideas. There are some fantastic comments on this post and if you have to make some ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
THE FIX
Those of you who have subscribed to my email updates would be aware that they have been broken for over a week now. Those of you who have subscribed to my RSS feeds may have seen a few weird things occurring in your Inbox as I have tried ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
I have been giving preschool and its purpose significant consideration over the last month or so, for a number of different reasons. I have my third child attending four year old kinder (preschool) this year and soon have to make some decisions on preschool for my fourth child.
I often ...
Posted in Child Development | 15 Comments »
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
This is Part 5 in the Planning Children's Birthday Series. Part 1 was a 10 Point Birthday Party Plan Check List. Part 2 focused on family strategy for birthday parties, party themes and birthday party invitations. Part 3 was centred around Guest and Food Lists. ...
Posted in Children's Activities, Planning | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
As you may have noticed, I do love to plan and have things very much ordered and organised. However too much of this can make life a little dull , so I do also appreciate and value the unexpected as well.
I love the "pop in" visit and always find ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
I have written previously about how I try to get the children's input into the family menu planning process, but I have not yet mentioned Mr Infrastructure's contributions to this.
To be honest I actually hardly ever ask him what he would like to see on the menu plan. I ...
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