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Organisation and Kids

July 8, 2010

At the end of May I asked readers of the blog What Would You Like To Read About? and I had such a fantastic response. On top of the fantastic comments on the post, I also received many topics via email from readers as well. This made my task of planning out the next six [...]

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Discipline Strategies

June 16, 2010

Image Source: Jesse.Millan I have many parents come to my blog looking for answers on their children’s behaviour. They tend to land on my posts about: Characteristics of Two (and a half) Year Old Behavior Characteristics of Three (and a half) Year Old Behavior (When my 4 year old hits 4 1/2 and the behaviour [...]

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Tips For Visiting The Art Gallery With Kids

June 13, 2010

Welcome to the June Teach/Learn Blogging Carnival, ‘Kids and Learning.’ 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 “Art” which doesn’t just mean doing craft – it includes music, performance art and appreciation as well! Our bloggers have [...]

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10 Of The Best Kid Friendly Cafes In Melbourne

May 18, 2010

This fabulous list was compiled by Jolie from Hey Bambini. Hey Bambini is an online review site for baby and child friendly cafes and restaurants. As Jolie says lots of cafe’s: “will say they are “baby friendly” – but are they really?? And do they have a little extra to offer the baby crowd?? You [...]

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Tiny Prints Winner and An Inspirational Video From A 12 Year Old Child

April 9, 2010

Thank you to all those who entered the Tiny Prints give away. The winner drawn randomly was Catherine whose comment was no. 35. Congratulations Catherine, it is such a fabulous prize. I will email you shortly. ________________________________________________________________________ I watched this video recently and found it inspiring and it made me think about how I interact [...]

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Kid’s Personalized Birthday Invitations & Tiny Prints Give Away ($US100)

April 2, 2010

Thank you for visiting Planning With Kids. The give away has now closed. Tiny Prints are a fabulous sponsor of Planning With Kids and when they asked if I would like to sample some of their products and have a give away for my readers I was very excited. Tiny Prints specialize in Stylish Birth [...]

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A Collection Of Parenting Posts

March 2, 2010

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. When marketers take over parenting The Corporate Baby Sitter shares a presentation (power point) from a marketing specialist “Youth marketing – A guide [...]

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Books For Boys – 8 to 11 Year Olds

February 9, 2010

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 can sometimes be a challenge to keep up with age appropriate books that they will find interesting. The children all received a number [...]

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Weet Bix Kids TRYathlon

January 16, 2010

When the packaging on the Weet Bix breakfast cereal the kids eat changed late last year and started advertising the Weet Bix Kids TRYathlon, there was quite a bit of talk between our two eldest boys about how it would be fun to give it a try. Then when Santa delivered a new bike for [...]

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Junior MasterChef Review And Give Away

December 11, 2009

Thank you to every one for entering the Junior Master Chef Give Away. The competition is now closed and the winner will be announced later today. It wasn’t only adults that became absorbed in MasterChef Australia earlier this year, but kids too. It was a show that the whole family could watch together and it [...]