April 2008

Upgrade Issues

April 30, 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 and please bear with [...]

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From Little Things…….

April 30, 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 advocacy organisation giving everyday Australians [...]

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10 Indicators of School Readiness

April 29, 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 covers the key areas [...]

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More On The Purpose of Preschool

April 27, 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 decisions regarding preschool, I can highly recommend [...]

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The Fix, The Mix and The Free

April 26, 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 to fix the problem. (And [...]

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The Purpose Of Preschool

April 25, 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 wonder if there is certain [...]

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

April 24, 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. Part 4 detailed Party Activities and Accessories. Today I am [...]

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10 Quick Ways to Feed Unexpected Lovely Visitors

April 22, 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 it so enjoyable when friends [...]

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Food Porn Meme

April 20, 2008

Guera at A Roaming Aussie Kitchen tagged me for a meme on food porn, which started at Smoky Mountain Breakdown. For those of you (like me), who are new to blogging terminology you can check out a definition of meme here. Here are the simple rules which come with the meme. Answer each of the [...]

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ANZAC Day – Talking About War With Children.

April 18, 2008

As most Australians and New Zealanders would know, next Friday 25th April is ANZAC DAY. It commemorates the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli, Turkey on 25 April 1915. Australia and New Zealand were supporting Britain and the other allies in World War I. By the time troops retreated from Gallipoli on [...]