June 2010

Moving With Kids

June 29, 2010

Today we welcome another lovely friend of mine, Catherine Sangster to Planning With Kids. Catherine has three beautiful girls, two at school and the youngest who has just turned one. I have known Catherine since before I had children and she is an incredibly articulate woman, with a Masters in Communication and she is now [...]

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Slow Roasted Leg Of Lamb

June 27, 2010

This delicious recipe is the first of a series of guest posts that have been written by some of my brilliant and lovely friends. Cath is my oldest friend and we have know each other since we were tiny. We went to the same primary and secondary schools, and left the country for the big [...]

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Drawtism – Play Pictionary and Help Those With Autism Spectrum Disorder

June 26, 2010

I was asked if I could help appealing to parents to help promote Drawtism, a national fundraiser that invites people to play Pictionary for Autism, which affects one in 119 children. Drawtism ambassador Tony Attwood says that the importance of this statistic is that most people now know a person or family with Autism Spectrum [...]

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Give Away Winners and Holiday Leave!

June 26, 2010

Give Away Winners Thank you to everyone who entered the give aways over the last week. The winners were as follows and you should have received an email from me already outlining how you will receive your prize. Mooo Review and Giveaway – The winner drawn randomly was comment no. 105 Jenny Rees. ABBAWorld Exhibition [...]

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Alternative To Time Out

June 24, 2010

Last week I wrote about some suggested Discipline Strategies from the Tripe P Parenting. I noted in this post that early in my parenting I had tried time out, but found that it didn’t sit comfortably with me and I didn’t find it an effective tool in dealing with my child’s behaviour. I have mentioned [...]

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Australia With Kids

June 22, 2010

This is a guest post from Catherine at Adventures With Kids. Catherine is mum to 2 boys who are good at finding fun and mischief. Together they get messy, read lots, run lots and love to learn new things . If you are looking for ideas on family adventures be sure to check out her [...]

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Scrapbooking For Kids and Paper Album Kit Give Away!

June 21, 2010

Thank you for visiting Planning With Kids. This give away is now closed and the winner will be announced on the blog soon. Paula Gee is a Melbourne based Creative Memories consultant who also a sponsor of Planning With Kids. Knowing that I like to do crafting with my kids, Paula recently sent me a [...]

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Keeping It Real

June 21, 2010

A little while ago I wrote a guest post for the lovely Miss Carly on her very helpful Early Childhood Resources blog. It was on giving preschoolers plenty of real life experiences to help build their confidence and abilities before they go off to school. *** My eldest son went to a Montessori preschool and [...]

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Rupert Bunny and ABBAWorld Exhibitions

June 20, 2010

Thank you for visiting Planning With Kids. This give away is now closed and the winner will be announced on the blog soon. Today three of the children, my lovely youngest sister and myself headed into Fed Square to join in the Nuffnang Family Day. We had a great time and took in an amazing [...]

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Scienceworks – Lightning Room

June 19, 2010

The Planning With Kids family was recently invited to see the Scienceworks’ Trekking Towards Tomorrow show in the Lightning Room. The Lightning Room also know as Victoria University High Voltage Theatre, is quite an amazing place. The theatre seats 120 people and you face a large area that has a safety fence from ceiling to [...]

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Mooo Review and Giveaway

June 18, 2010

Thank you for visiting Planning With Kids. This give away has no closed. Winner will be announced on 26th June 2010. I am a big fan of Mooo products. I have seen and entered many giveaways around the blogosphere but haven’t won any! So I was very excited to be asked to do a review [...]