October 2010

How To Make Christmas Tags

October 30, 2010

It has been a pretty massive 10 days in the Planning With Kids household. I am certainly not complaining as on the whole it has been super exciting as well. It has just meant that my regular posting schedule sort of went out the window! But I am back on track now and normalcy should [...]

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Stationery Items To Get You Organised For School + Super Cute Give Away

October 28, 2010

The give away has now closed. Thank you to all those who entered. The lucky winner of the Mooo give away was Caroline E! Congratulations. I will be in touch shortly. This post is part of a series on Preparing For School. The aim of this series is to provide tips on how you can [...]

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Kids Activities in Melbourne

October 25, 2010

Usually I include events only for the forthcoming month, which in this case would be November. The majority of the kids activities in Melbourne listed are for November, but the first few are some very fun things that are actually on at the end of October. There are some great new activities listed this month. [...]

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Some Extra Planning For Christmas Offers

October 24, 2010

Just a quick post to let you know about two upcoming events on Planning With Kids. Mini Brick Toys – 20% off all LEGO and DUPLO We all know I am a big fan of LEGO and DUPLO and I think it makes a perfect Christmas gift for kids. Mini Brick Toys, an authorised LEGO [...]

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Food Action Network

October 21, 2010

I love how having a plan can allow you to keep moving things along, even if it is out of order. This week I was going to be talking about Christmas Cards. I have been working on ours (with the help of someone very clever too!), but have decided to wait until I can show [...]

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10 Reasons To Do More With Your Kids’ Artwork + Give Away

October 19, 2010

This give away is now closed. Thanks to all those who entered. The very luck winner was Cate. Congratulations Cate and I will email you shortly. This week’s guest post is from Nathan and Sara Hodges, founders of Art Eater, which is all about kids’ artwork – creating it, displaying it and preserving it. To [...]

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World News For Kids

October 17, 2010

Welcome to the October Teach/Learn Blogging Carnival. The Teach/Learn Blogging Carnival hosted by Science@home is for anyone, because we are all teachers and learners all the time. This month our theme is “Studies of Society and the Environment” which covers all the humanities, from history to finance, geography, politics and of course the environment. Check [...]

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Manners For Children

October 15, 2010

We have been so lucky to meet the wonderful Meredith this year. She has helped us in many ways and is such a generous person. Most recently Meredith lent me this fabulous little book called Manners Magic for Children by Patsy Rowe. Aimed at children from ages 6 – 10, this book can easily be [...]

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2010 10 Week Christmas Preparation Plan

October 14, 2010

I really do like this end of the year. It can get a little busy and crazy at times, but it is lots of fun. Over the last couple of years I have had a 10 week preparation plan in the lead up to Christmas. It has helped enormously to smooth out the peak busy [...]