Now that we are fully into the swing of term 1, I have set myself a plan of reorganising or de-cluttering, spots in the house that have been bothering me. Having the …
10 Things To Do Before Summer Ends!
I have to admit that I am a summer girl. I grew up in north west country Victoria, where it is hot- really hot in summer and I love it that way. …
Children’s Timetable Term 1 2008
In a previous post I spoke about some of the things that I like to do , to make school mornings easier. One thing that I like to do, but didn’t include …
Planning To Let Go, One Step At A Time
I have been thinking a lot recently about what age should I let my eldest walk to and from school on his own. He is in grade four now and we have …
Pocket Money For Kids
EDIT: If you would like to see how we track the money we give the kids and download a free excel spreadsheet template, you can do so here – How to keep track …
Planning the Term 1 Week
I have just started to put together a picture of what of the average Term 1 week is going to look like. I often spend time wondering about what is the right …
When Is A Tantrum, Not A Tantrum?
I went back to a favourite parenting guide book this week Children are People too by Louise Porter. I wanted some reminders on how to deal with tantrums. My nearly two year …
Children’s Jobs And Our Family Meetings
Last week I noted in the Letting children do it for themselves post, that I was going to work at banishing the “clean up fairy” in my house. I am pleased to …
Planning Time For Mum
“Back to school” is almost here and it has started me thinking about how the pace of our leisurely “school holiday” days will change very soon. Once the school term starts there …
Letting Children Do It For Themselves
“This is one of those parenting tasks that are difficult for most of us. But the benefits are great. Perhaps the most wonderful payoff in allowing your child to master life through …
10 Things To Do Before The School Holidays End
With only a little over a week left for those of us on Victorian school holidays, I wrote myself a list of things that I need to do before the kids start …
Fighting The Materialism Battle With Self Esteem
One of the things that I like to do, which I find helps me anticipate and therefore better plan for the ongoing developmental changes in my children, is to stay I touch …
Mother On A Mission
When I woke up this yesterday morning I was a mother with a mission. I needed new bras and I was going to get them that very day! This however meant that …
Planning Time To Stop And Play
In an earlier post on planning school holiday activities, I spoke about how I like to plan time with the kids so we are just at home and doing our own thing. …
Packing them off!
I hesitated before I actually put this photo with the post, because although it gives a great image of what we do to help the children learn to pack for themselves, it …
To TV Or Not To TV?
I can only imagine the number of puns that have come from this line in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet! But with the forecast for the weather to be over 40 degrees Celsius today, …
Christmas Presents And Organising The Children’s Bedrooms
I do so love the festivity of Christmas, but after the whole Christmas/New Year period I tend to look around the house wonder what tornado has been through the place? This year …
Planned Holiday Activites For The Children
Here are the planned activities that we have for the remaining weeks of the holidays: Week starting 7th January: Day trip to visit friends. Animated kids’ classics at ACMI – Animated story …