Image by Brooklyn This is a guest post from a gorgeous friend of mine Cate, who has recently started a blog herself! It is called Keep Cate Busy and she is certainly …
Preparing Your Child To Read
This post is part of a series on Preparing For School. The aim of this series is to provide tips on how you can get organised and support a smooth transition into …
Manners For Children
We have been so lucky to meet the wonderful Meredith this year. She has helped us in many ways and is such a generous person. Most recently Meredith lent me this fabulous …
10 Things to do in Melbourne with Under 5’s
Today’s guest post is compiled by Julia Dixon from Things to do with Under Fives. Julia is a local mum who started this blog as a way of helping other mums with …
Teaching Number Recognition To Preschoolers And Numeracy Resources For Parents
Helping preschoolers to recognise and identify numbers doesn’t have to be a formal affair. Preschoolers come across numbers repeatedly in their daily life. Over the years I have learned to use these …
Book Review: Harry the Happy Caterpillar Grows (Helping Children Adjust To Change)
The day this book arrived in the mail, I didn’t have time to sit down and read it straight away to my four year old. We had just come home from running …
Managing Sibling Age Gaps
This post is part of a series where I answer questions from my readers. If you have a question that you would like me to answer, please feel free to leave it …
An Easy Way To Prevent Tooth Decay!
This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. I have tried putting cheese in my kids lunch boxes a lot and the majority of times it has come home returned from the child who …
10 Educational iPhone Apps For Kids
I was actually suprised how long it took me to work out that there are some excellent iPhone apps for kids of an educational nature! I find that the iPhone comes in …
Children’s Drawing Stages – 6 Things To Look For
Kids produce some wonderful artwork over the years. This short guide will help you identify and enjoy the different stages your kids go through with their artwork as they get older. It …
Book Review: Leo The Littlest Seahorse by Margaret Wild and Terry Denton
Leo The Littlest Seahorse is one of those picture books that has a great message for parents reading it to their children. It is written by Margaret Wild and has the most …
Book Review: Yellow Is My Favourite Colour by Judy Horacek
As I have children aged from 11 to 1, I read a vast range of children’s texts to my kids which I thoroughly enjoy. I do however have a soft spot for …
Alternative To Time Out
Last week I wrote about some suggested Discipline Strategies from the Tripe P Parenting. I noted in this post that early in my parenting I had tried time out, but found that …
Keeping It Real
A little while ago I wrote a guest post for the lovely Miss Carly on her very helpful Early Childhood Resources blog. It was on giving preschoolers plenty of real life experiences …
Discipline Strategies
I have many parents come to my blog looking for answers on their children’s behaviour. They tend to land on my posts about: Characteristics of Two (and a half) Year Old Behavior …
Learning Differences – What Is Dyspraxia?
This is a guest post from Mary Mountstephen, author of A Practical Guide to Support Children with Dyspraxia and Neurodevelopmental Delay and A Practical Guide to Support Children with Speech and Language …
Learning As We Walk
Welcome to the May Teach/Learn Blogging Carnival, ‘Kids and Learning.’ The Teach/Learn Blogging Carnival hosted by Science@home is for anyone, because we are all teachers and learners. This month our bloggers have …
Learning Differences – What Is Dyslexia?
This is a guest post from Mary Mountstephen, author of A Practical Guide to Support Children with Dyspraxia and Neurodevelopmental Delay and A Practical Guide to Support Children with Speech and Language …