Image: Benimoto We are heading up to Mildura at Easter to spend time with my family. Mildura is 550km north west of Melbourne. We have driven the Calder Hwy to Mildura countless …
10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For April (and School Holidays)
EDIT: If you are looking for activities for school holidays in 2012, please see my current post here. The post below was written for 2009. April is a busy month this year …
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 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For March
1. Action Zone Action Zone is a collection of the latest in inflatable action amusement products. This is not a place full of jumping castles, but much more adventurous activities that will …
How To Entertain A Toddler While Breastfeeding A Newborn
The age gap between our children is roughly the same, about 2.5 years, so we have always had a newborn and a toddler. In the early weeks when the newborn is breastfeeding …
Managing School Paperwork
So far our back to school start has been smooth. The children had all the required materials and the night before preparation has made school mornings more manageable. The start of the …
Creating A Children’s Timetable
Each school term I put together a children’s timetable. The aim of the children’s timetable is to: Show the children what their week’s activities are. Allow children to take responsibility for having …
10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For February
We managed to get to a number of the children’s activities that I listed for January which were a lot of fun. With school heading back in February, we won’t be doing …
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 …
Summer By The Sea – Fishy Business
Now in its thirteenth year, Summer by the Sea is Coast Action/Coastcare’s annual coastal activity program. According to the Coasts and Marines website: This year’s theme is ‘Life On The Edge’. Our …
Fairy Fanfare – Fitzroy Gardens
EDIT: Fairy Fanfare is on again in 2010. It is a free performance filled with acrobatics and fabulous fairy antics for both boys and girls and is held in the beautiful Fitzroy …
10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For January
EDIT: School Holiday Activities for JANUARY 2010 can be found here. The post below lists activities from 2009. Melbourne is just bursting with children’s activities during January, it was difficult to narrow …
Reindeer Biscuits
It is getting very exciting now, only two weeks to Christmas! This week according to the Christmas Preparation Plan, I was working on the actual plan for Christmas Day and our other …
Christmas Planning – Collecting Toys For Giving
Image by sfllaw Only 3 weeks to go now! This week’s step in the Christmas Preparation Plan is an easy task. I have found that in the lead up to Christmas, the …
Christmas Planning – Children’s Christmas Paper Chains
In my post last week on Christmas Decorations, I had said that I would post about some Christmas Decorations that the children were going to make on the weekend. Well our weekend …
Children’s Activities – What Have We Been Doing?
Yesterday I posted a list of children’s activities on in Melbourne for December, something which will become a regular part of my posting schedule. Apologies to non Melbourne readers, but the feedback …
10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For December
If you are looking for Children’s Activities for 2009 please check my recent posts: 10 Children’s Christmas Activities For December 2009 In Melbourne 10 Children’s Activities For Decmeber / January School Holidays …
Christmas Planning – Children’s Handmade Christmas Cards
Seven weeks to Christmas now! This week I have stuck to my Christmas Preparation Plan and have been working on Handmade Christmas Cards for the Children and myself. This post will show …