The give away has now closed. Thank you for visiting Planning With Kids. If you have been reading my blog for a little while, you will know that I am a massive …
Keeping Family Harmony
Today I had the absolute pleasure to present a talk on Keeping Family Harmony at a local MOPS group. It was the first time for me to see a MOPS gathering in …
Reflections On A New Baby – 12 Months On
This will be the last in my reflections posts. Our beautiful baby turned one late in January. In that very quick year he has brought such immense joy to the whole family. …
A Collection Of Parenting Posts
Parenting is one job that always has you on a learning curve! Here are some posts that I found to inform or inspire me as a parent over the last month. 1. …
Early Learners Games And Activities
Belinda Butler is the author of one of my favourite play focused blogs Everyday Play. Belinda is a qualified kindergarten teacher and the mother of two young children. Late last year Belinda …
10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For March 2010
At the start of the school year I always feel like I am just hemorrhaging cash, term fees for dance, kinder gym, new school clothes etc etc. So for March’s Children’s Activities …
1st Birthday Party Ideas
Towards the end of January our beautiful little boy turned one! Even though babies don’t really understand the idea of a birthday party and are happy with very little fuss, I have …
Choosing A Secondary School
It is the time of year in Victoria where parents of year six students choose or confirm their choice of secondary school for their child. (Known as high school in some states.) …
4 Tips To Get Organised For Back To School
When this post goes live, our children will have been back at school two weeks. We are starting to find our legs again with our school term routine. The first few weeks …
Current Issues In Schools and Education
This month’s 10 posts collection has a school and education theme. In Australia, this is the time of year when the new school year begins, so thought it it apt to focus …
School Starting Age – Our Personal Experience
Last week I discussed School Starting Age – Latest Research On Australian Children. There are some fantastic contributions in the comments that I would highly recommend you read, if you are contemplating …
gifts for new mums
On Friday, my beautiful fifth child will turn one! I honestly find it difficult to express the pure joy he has brought to me and the whole family. While I do lament …
A Mixed Bag!
I have recently been collating my 10 internet finds for the month around one theme. This month however, there was a few finds that I was just busting to share and they …
6 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
In the middle of December we had my daughter’s 6 Year Old Birthday Party and she had decided that she would like to have a garden tea party. Being towards the end …
Planning With Kids Second Anniversary!!!
On the 2nd of January it was officially two years since I started blogging!! I have to honestly say that when I started I was never sure how long I would stick …
10 Things To Do With Tired Children
Image by Richard Stebbing Now obviously tired children need more sleep, but there are times in a family’s life and stages in the year when this just doesn’t quite happen. We are …
Parenting Podcasts – Perfectionism
Back in September I listed some parenting podcasts that I had found useful, inspirational and educational. Although I am unable to listen to all of the episodes of the current podcasts listed, …
Characteristics of Three (and a half) Year Old Behavior
Some time ago I wrote a post on the Characteristics of Two (and a half) Year Old Behavior. In recent weeks, my fourth child’s behaviour has become rather challenging. I was trying …