Archive for April, 2008

Upgrade Issues

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 ...

From Little Things…….

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!!!! FOR RECONCILIATION GetUp is an independent, grass-roots community ...

10 Indicators of School Readiness

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 ...

Menu Plan Monday - Short Week

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 ...

More On The Purpose of Preschool

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 ...

The Fix, The Mix and The Free

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 ...

The Purpose Of Preschool

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 ...

Planning Children’s Birthday Parties - Party Week and Party Day Timetables.

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. ...

10 Quick Ways to Feed Unexpected Lovely Visitors

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 ...

Menu Plan Monday - Input From The Husband

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 ...