I have a lot of discussions with other parents on the topic of meal time and about getting smaller children to eat a healthy meal. There are a number of things that …
10 Tips For An Easier Toddler Bedtime
Although the title states that the tips are for toddlers, they can really be applied to children of all ages. All families are different and I think the most important thing you …
10 Homework Tips For Parents
I would firstly like to state that I am not an advocate of homework in primary school. I will avoid jumping up on to my soap box here, but will say that …
10 Top Posts For September
Images by trekkyandy and A National Acrobat Over the last couple of months I have started increasing my use of social media, mainly on Twitter and StumbleUpon. Part of becoming more engaged …
10 School Holiday Activities In Melbourne
****** Click here for September 2011 School Holidays. ****** [flickr id=”2149327309″ thumbnail=”medium” align=”center”] Image by johnpetru82 I read lots of blogs from mums in the northern hemisphere and during our winter this …
10 Things To Do Before Christmas
Image by tanakawho As I mentioned in my last monthly review in order to achieve everything I want to before Christmas, I needed to create a short term plan. Below is the …
10 Top Posts For August
[flickr id=”509812109″ thumbnail=”medium” align=”center”] Image: Jared Goodbye August, Hello September! This month’s collection of posts have been split between craft and family organisation 50:50. There is always so much great stuff to …
10 Favourite Children’s Books – Toddler’s Choice
During the month of August I have been making my way through my children’s favourite books, in celebration of Children’s Book Week (officially this week in Australia). So far we have had: …
10 Favourite Children’s Books – Preschooler’s Choice
Image by Manchester Library During the month of August I have been making my way through my children’s favourite books, in celebration of Children’s Book Week (officially this week in Australia). So …
10 Favourite Children’s Books – 7 Year Old’s Choice
During August we celebrate Children’s Book Week here in Australia. As I noted last week, each Tuesday in August I will be posting lists of favourite children’s books, as selected by my …
10 Favourite Children’s Books – 9 Year Old’s Choice
During August we celebrate Children’s Book Week. Book Week is the longest running children’s festival in Australia and is in its 63rd year. Book Week this year runs from August 16th -22nd …
10 Top Posts For July
Here is a look at 10 posts that I have really enjoyed in the month of July. Normally I try to categorise them into headings, but it is too diverse this month, …
My Guiding Principles For A Happy Family
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 …
9 Tips For Organised School Mornings
The children headed back to school and preschool today after two weeks of holidays. We thoroughly enjoyed rising at any time (me with the first child of the day, which was at …
10 Tips For Getting Children To Solve Their Own Problems
I strongly encourage my children to make attempts to solve their own problems, as are appropriate for their ages. I want them to know that they can come to me for help, …
10 Top Posts For June
This post comes to you a little later than usual. My techno troubles have continued unfortunately and my notebook is very broken and will probably not be fixed until Friday. In the …
10 Reasons To Look Forward To School Holidays
I genuinely look forward to school holidays. I think with this long term, I have been counting down the days as much as the children have been! Sometimes it can get a …
10 Ways To Encourage Your Child
When The Thinker (now 9.5) was at his first year of preschool, his teacher pointed out to me how using empty praise on children often has the reverse effect of what we …