This is a guest post from a dear friend Belinda. Belinda was my first “Surrey Hills” friend. We moved to Surrey Hills when my eldest son started grade one (5.5 years ago!). …
Discipline Strategies – Helping Boys With Their Temper
Today’s post on discipline is actually a guest post from a very dear friend of mine Annie. I met Annie when she moved to Melbourne and joined our local playgroup. We were …
Tips For Organising and Decluttering Your Home
This month’s round up of posts from the blogosphere focuses on tips to help you organise and declutter your home. I had started decluttering at my house in May, but we have …
Moving With Kids
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 …
Reading, Learning and Education
Reading and all things literacy have been a big focus in our house over the last month or so. This focus has permeating my blog reading and as such this month’s highlights …
10 Simple Play Ideas For Toddlers (That Don’t Involve Toys)
I think most toddlers are attracted to ordinary household items and “real” objects. But in the case of our number five child, since rotating the toys on his shelves, I have noticed …
Parenting – iPods, sibling fighting, responsibility and more!
For those of you new to Planning With Kids, once a month I feature my highlights from the web. Often they are based around a theme, like today’s collection which features resources …
10 Things That I Am Going To Do Differently This Week
Photo by aussiegall Let me preface this by saying that I love my gig as a mother, but sometimes the repetition of the daily chores that go along with mothering and taking …
10 Things To Do Before You Go To Bed
When asked what is the key to smooth school mornings with kids, I always give the same short answer. They start the night before! I am a morning person. I love the …
10 Kids Lunch Box Ideas For Autumn
Back in October I posted 10 Kids Lunch Box Ideas For Spring. Now that autumn has definitely arrived I thought I would collate some lunch box ideas for the season of autumn. …
10 Activities To Do At Home With The Kids
It is school holidays in Victoria. I was incredibly happy to see them arrive. Term 1 went ridiculously quick and was much busier than I would have liked it. I will certainly …
What To Do If You Can’t Afford To Buy Organic?
1. Produce Stand, 2. Watermelon is love, 3. PAPAYA, 4. Star Fruit One of my current favourite parenting podcasts is Parenting Unplugged. They were once a weekly podcast but it is now …
Fantasy Football For Kids (some very big ones too!!)
This is the second guest post from my dear husband, otherwise known as Mr I, the first being Role Reversal Experience – Mr Infrastructure. Australia over the last few years has caught …
A Collection Of Parenting Posts
Parenting is one job that always has you on a learning curve! Here are some posts that I found to inform or inspire me as a parent over the last month. 1. …
10 Online Games For Learning The Alphabet
I am not a flashcard type of mum, but I do like to follow the lead of my children and at the moment my preschooler is showing lots of interest in the …
Books For Boys – 8 to 11 Year Olds
Our 8 year old and 11 year old sons both do independent reading each night as part of their school requirements and will also read of their own accord on weekends. It …
Current Issues In Schools and Education
This month’s 10 posts collection has a school and education theme. In Australia, this is the time of year when the new school year begins, so thought it it apt to focus …
gifts for new mums
On Friday, my beautiful fifth child will turn one! I honestly find it difficult to express the pure joy he has brought to me and the whole family. While I do lament …