independence

Kids Chores – What My Kids Do In The Morning

February 17, 2011

So we have been back at school for a few weeks now. Over the holidays we ran to such a different pace and timetable – it was lovely! While the kids have been getting themselves ready for school with no problem, the completion of their usual morning jobs has been hit and miss. To their [...]

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Increasing Independence In Children – Making Their Own Lunch

May 21, 2009

This post is part of a series of simple activities that can help increase your child’s independence. These activities are aimed at children aged two and above. Previous posts can be found below: Juicing oranges Cutting Food Grating Food Having a child make their own lunch is a very simple but liberating activity for a [...]

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Increasing Independence In Children – Juicing Oranges

April 23, 2009

My eldest son attending a Montessori preschool when we lived in the inner city. There were many things that I loved about the Montessori approach and I learnt a great deal from the preschool Montessori teacher. My other children to date have now attended a play based pre school which I am very happy with. [...]

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10 Guiding Principles For A Happy Family

July 22, 2008

When trying to reorganise files from back ups onto my new computer, I came across a document that I created a number of years ago which outlines some guiding principles that I had collated. These were principles that I felt should make family life happier and contain less conflict. It is funny how the timing [...]

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Children’s Timetable Term 3, 2008

July 19, 2008

New term and new timetable. There were just a few minor changes that I needed to make to the Children’s Timetable from Term 2. I have been creating these timetables for a couple of years now and find them to be very helpful in assisting the children to organise themselves and their belongings for the [...]

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Are You Turning Your Child Into A Wimp?

June 27, 2008

This is the title of an interview by Andrea Sachs in Time magazine with the author of a new book called A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting. Hara Estroff Marano is the author in question and she is editor-at-large at Psychology Today magazine. Marano believes firmly that there are now a [...]

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What To Expect When You Are Expecting An Adolescent

June 20, 2008

This was the title of a talk that I went to Thursday evening at my children’s school. It was presented by Associate Professor Nicholas Allen from University of Melbourne. He is a clinical psychologist working in the Faculty of Medicine. I am four or so years of expecting my first adolescent, but I found his [...]