From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Christmas Planning In July – Home Made Works Of Art

July 31, 2008

SPOILER ALERT – To my family and to the children’s “special” friends, please do not read on as you may see your Christmas Gift for this year!
Last week I showed the handmade books that I have set aside for Christmas Gifts this year. Today is a very simple activity which can be done [...]

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Guest Post: Role Reversal Experience – Mr Infrastructure

July 30, 2008

Photo by Cayman Girl
This is the first guest post on Planning With Kids and I am very proud that it comes from my gorgeous husband! Here is his experience from trading roles with me last week (completely unedited!!!).
Back in 2003, Anika Sorenson (world #1 female golfer) addressed the media after her final round in [...]

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10 Top Posts For July

July 29, 2008

Here is a look at 10 posts that I have really enjoyed in the month of July. Normally I try to categorise them into headings, but it is too diverse this month, with the posts being to hard to define into 3 or 4 neat little sections, so here they are in no particular order:
(1). [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – A Big Planning Session

July 28, 2008

When I sat down to plan the meals for this week, I realised that this week would see the start of August. For me, this year August has particular significance as I am doing the 30 Day Challenge in this month. I won’t bore you with the details, other than to [...]

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Getting Out And About

July 27, 2008

I had the opportunity to get out of the house a couple of nights this week and see some interesting stuff. I love having the chance to see new things and I do make an effort to book Mr Infrastructure and myself to attend some things, to make sure that we have some time [...]

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Dance Mosiac

July 26, 2008

1. strike a pose, 2. Untitled, 3. Fantastic Foto Friday 06.08.07, 4. En Pointe, 5. Fine Art – Ballet, 6. En Pointe, 7. arabesque, 8. Shinta, 9. little legs
Creative Kate at Picklebums features Flickr Friday each week. This week the theme is Dance.
And on the subject of dance, I had the opportunity this [...]

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The Impact Of Background TV

July 25, 2008

(Photo source: flickr – szeretlek)
I came across a number of articles regarding a new study, published in the July/August issue of Child Development. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Massachusetts. They looked at group of 50 children, who were aged from 1 to 3 years.
In this research, children came [...]