This post is part of the 2021 Christmas Planning series. You can find other posts in the series here. This week I am sharing some excellent Christmas gift ideas for Aussie kids aged …
13 Christmas gift ideas for Aussie teens + a gift idea spreadsheet
This post is part of the 2021 Christmas Planning series. You can find other posts in the series here. I have shared this gift idea spreadsheet before but have included it before …
Christmas planning 2021
We are now officially 10 weeks out from Christmas. For those of us in lockdown, it can be challenging to think ahead to this time when we still have such a great …
13 of my ALDI favourites
A number of years ago I wrote a series of posts on food shopping for the family. I conducted a survey of readers to see where they were shopping and how much they …
Monthly review: enough to keep momentum
As I conducted my monthly review for September, I realised that it was a month where I didn’t aim for perfection but aimed to do enough to keep some of my habits …
Supporting your VCE student in a COVID interrupted year
Our daughter is our third child to work her way through the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). VCE is the certificate that the majority of students in Victoria receive on satisfactory completion …
Easy Chicken Fajitas + Urban Forager Organic Stock Concentrates Giveaway
Today I am excited to share a fab family friendly recipe from Urban Forager – Easy Chicken Fajitas. Urban Forager are based in Fremantle WA and make organic stock concentrates from 100% …
30 lockdown lunch ideas for kids
Lockdown lunches for the kids are one element of lockdown life that you can add some variety to! There is such a repetitiveness to lockdown life that even small changes like what …
Free e-books and audiobooks for kids
Keeping kids reading as they get older can be a challenge at the best of times but through a tight and extended lockdown, the challenge is made even harder. We are lucky …
Relax and Care giveaway
To celebrate two very exciting launches I have put together a Relax and Care giveaway that is perfect for the times we are currently enduring! Over the last couple of months, I …
Read widely: The number one tip for readers and writers aged 12-15 (and a list to get them started)
The lovely Allison Tait has written quite a few books lists for me to share with readers. In recent email chats about her latest book The Wolf’s Howl (Maven & Reeve #2) …
15 Online Father’s Day Gift Ideas
Father’s day is not too far away now, so I have curated a list of online gift ideas for dad for 2021. I have broken up the online father’s day gift ideas …
Reader questions – kids’ organisation and fun
Today’s post answers reader questions on the topic of kids’ organisation and fun. You can read previous answers to readers’ questions here. When answering reader questions I try to offer up as many …
Monthly review: don’t fight the course
I love a good running analogy and this post is pretty much just one big running analogy! I get so much from my running both physically and mentally. The experience of pushing …
Another fab Father’s Day book bundle giveaway
Congratulations to Christina! Please check your inbox for an email from me! Timed perfectly for Father’s Day, the team at Penguin has put together another fab giveaway bundle that includes 10 dad-themed …
NOW with Nicole Avery
In October this year, the Planning With Kids newsletter will have been going for 11 years. It was a monthly email when it first started and then it moved to fortnightly, then eventually to …
7 truths about growing independent kids
Many reader questions I receive focus on getting kids to do more for themselves or more around the house. These are both activities that help kids grow their independence and are something …
Menu planning ideas and lunch box recipes for winter 2021
Simple plans full of favourites the kids love are what I have created for the remaining weeks of winter. Here’s hoping we spend much less of this winter in lockdown than we …