Entries for this give away are now closed. The winner was Kara-lee Dewhirst – “I was introduced to Scrabble by my grandmother who dared me to beat her. I was only 6 at the time and this was a woman who read the dictionary for fun. She never let me win I had to earn [...]

Last June I posted an activity for kids about flags of the world, based on the Football World Cup for “the beautiful game” or soccer as most Australians call it. (The photo above is of this activity.) This September sees another world cup event, the Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand – “the game [...]

There is so much inspiration to be found in the blogosphere when it comes to kids literacy and play. My round up post this month focuses on creative ways bloggers are sharing on how to help your kids with literacy and make play an easy part of daily life. 1. Writing practice with Masterchef The [...]

This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. At the Planning With Kids house we have a new printer courtesy of HP and as Po from Kung Fu Panda would say it is “awesome”. The HP Photosmart Premium e-All-in-One C310a really takes your printer to a new level – yes it prints, scans and copies like most [...]

Visiting on the blog today is the very talented Christie from Childhood 101 and I am asking her a few questions about Kids and Art. Something Christie knows a lot about with the recent release of her e-book Art Not Craft. Christie’s blog in such a source of inspiration for all things play and early [...]

I have talked about the fabulous Reverse Art Truck before on the blog (here and here). I love the idea of the kids using their imagination to make creations out of recycled materials. If you live in Melbourne it is worth the trip to visit Reverse Art Truck in Ringwood. Last time we went, it [...]