March 2009

10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For April (and School Holidays)

March 31, 2009

EDIT: If you are looking for activities for school holidays in 2010, please see my current post here. The post below was written for 2009. April is a busy month this year for Victorians encompassing both school holidays and Easter. As such there is a fantastic range of activities for children and families to do [...]

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Family Budget Review – Quarter 1 2009

March 26, 2009

This time of the month I would usually post a monthly review of my goals that I had set for the month. For March I am doing something slightly different. As March is marks the end of the first quarter of the calendar year, I thought this would be the ideal time. to review how [...]

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Sandra Boynton Board Books

March 25, 2009

Earlier this month I had a wonderful surprise in my inbox. I received an Amazon Gift Certificate from a lovely reader named Kristina from Croatia. Her message with the gift was as follows: Hi PQ! I’m a big fan of your blog and you are a big inspiration to my everyday life with kids. So, [...]

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10 Ways To Encourage Children To Read

March 24, 2009

Image: Rachel From Cupcakes Take The Cake So far I am lucky that my oldest two children love reading and will do so of their own accord. Our prep child has just begun the process of learning to read and this reminded me of how many opportunities there are through out the course of a [...]

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Encouraging Children To Dress Independently

March 19, 2009

In my last post on Time Management For Parents I noted that spending time with children teaching them to do things themselves is a great way to free up more time for yourself in the longer term and increase independence and self confidence in your children. These tasks need to be age appropriate and one [...]

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10 Time Management Tips For Parents

March 17, 2009

Image by laffy4k At the end of February I wrote some a post on 6 Blog Time Management Tips. To follow on from that, I have listed some ways that I found to best manage my time as a parent: 1. Menu Plan It is easy to spend considerable time contemplating what to cook and [...]

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Reflections On A New Baby

March 12, 2009

We are definitely in love with the latest addition to our family. J5 is seven weeks today and I can’t imagine life without him. All stages of a child’s life have their own beautiful and unique characteristics, but for me there is something particularly special about a newborn baby – finally meeting this wonderful new [...]

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10 Tips For Managing After School Activities

March 10, 2009

Image by Tom@HK A few weeks ago, I wrote about taking the time to ask questions to check the comprehension of the children’s nightly reading. However for most families, this is only one of many activities that needs to occur after school. With the more children attending school, the greater the number of after school [...]

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