Children’s Activities

Review Sony Bloggie and Melbourne Aquarium

December 24, 2010

At the start of the month, the kids and I headed into the city to go visit the Melbourne Aquarium, taking with us for its first test run out of the house the Sony Bloggie Touch. It was also my first time at the Aquarium. Check out some of the lovely footage we took: Tips [...]

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10 Children’s Activities For August 2010 In Melbourne

July 27, 2010

1. Melbourne Writer’s Festival Schools Sessions Last year I took my 10 year old for the first time to attend a couple of the schools sessions from the Melbourne Writer’s Festival (MWF). It was a fantastic experience for my son (you can see his review of his time on his post Melbourne Writer’s Festival Schools [...]

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Children’s Routines

July 23, 2010

Today’s post was inspired by a couple of lovely readers Gin and Sarah. They were interested in routines that I have for kids and any charts that I might use. Children’s School Routine Since my first child has been in school I have used a children’s timetable to help them keep themselves organised for school. [...]

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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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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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Raising Playful Tots Index (RPTI)

June 14, 2010

From time to time on the blog, you will see that I refer to other projects that I am working on. Well finally one of them is completed! This project was a collaboration with Melitsa from Raising Playful Tots. It was the first time that I have worked with someone overseas on a project and [...]

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10 Children’s Activities For June / July School Holidays In Melbourne

June 8, 2010

Anyone else counting down the days until school holidays???? In Victoria the last day of school for term 2 is Friday 25th June, about three weeks away and I for one am very much looking forward to it. As always there is so much on offer in Melbourne that you can do with the kids [...]

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10 Children’s Activities For June 2010 In Melbourne

May 25, 2010

Almost winter! Readers of the blog are probably aware that winter is my least favourite season, I am not a fan of cold weather. But at least there is still lots of fun things to do in Melbourne even if it is cold! NB. All images are from their respective sources. 1. Winter Solstice Bonfire [...]

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10 Children’s Activities For May 2010 In Melbourne

April 27, 2010

Time for a look at what Melbourne has to offer for kids in the upcoming month. All images used in this post come from the respective source. 1. Cardboard Spaces ArtPlay are having foundation year architecture students from Monash University constructing four creative spaces for children out of an unusual building material: cardboard! Spaces will [...]

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10 Activities To Do At Home With The Kids

March 30, 2010

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 be trying for a calmer Term 2. I posted a couple of weeks ago about kids activities in Melbourne that you can take [...]