A collection of my favourite posts from blog land over the last month: On The Topic Of Parenting: 1. Giving Kids Time To Respond Marie from Makes and Takes shares a simple …
10 Albums I Love At The Moment
A slight diversion from my usual lists at this time of the week, but I have been going through my album collection at the moment, in order to put music on my …
10 Tips For Coping With A New Baby
Our beautiful little boy is three and half months old now. It is amazing how much you learn with each child. Some of this stuff I wish I knew when I had …
10 Favourite Posts For April
I really enjoy writing these monthly posts, reviewing some of my favourite readings from the blogosphere. It is always hard to narrow it down to ten, as their is so much great …
10 Top Posts For March
With The Personal Touch The first five posts selected are all personal posts that are beautifully written / photographed. They all come from Australian mother’s with lots of interesting things to say, …
10 Ways To Encourage Children To Read
Image: Rachel From Cupcakes Take The Cake So far I am lucky that my oldest two children love reading and will do so of their own accord. Our prep child has just …
10 Tips For Managing After School Activities
A few weeks ago, I wrote about taking the time to ask questions to check the comprehension of the children’s nightly reading. However for most families, this is only one of many …
10 Top Posts For February
The end of another month! Our first with five children and it has gone so quickly! Here are just some of the posts that I enjoyed reading this month: Cooking 1. Weekend …
10 Reading Comprehension Questions For Junior Primary
A couple of weeks in to the new school year and we are starting to get back into the swing of after school reading routines. At our school preps don’t receive a …
Characteristics of Two (and a half) Year Old Behavior
Image source: Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender Our youngest is two and a half and this is a time of a child’s life when they can become a LITTLE difficult! A fantastic …
10 Top Posts For January
Throughout January my Google Reader would sit on over 1000+ items for days at a time. But the beauty of using a reader to manage my blog subscriptions, is that when I …
Back To School Checklist
As the summer holidays creep towards their end, it is time to go through the check list to make sure that all is order for a smooth start for the back to …
10 Popular Posts On Planning With Kids
It is that time where we look back over the year and reflect on what has been achieved. This has been my first year of blogging. Officially my first anniversary was January …
10 Favourite Christmas Recipes
I am starting to put together recipes for what I will be cooking this Christmas and thought I would share some of my favourite recipes. (1). Chocolate Christmas Tree This is the …
10 Top Posts For November
Firstly apologies if you have had trouble accessing my site. It has not been functioning properly for over 24 hours. My host company’s response has been less than satisfactory. There is always …
10 Of The Best Parenting Books
Last week my 10 things was on Practical Christmas Presents For Children. This week I am continuing on a gift list theme, but specific to parenting books that I think would make …
10 Practical Christmas Presents For Children
When buying gifts for children I am conscious of the usefulness and of the practicality of the gift. Toys are great and have a place in every child’s life, but most children …
10 Top Posts For October
This month’s collection of some of my favourite posts will start with a topic that I usually don’t talk about on the blog – politics. With the US Election almost here, I …