The Boy and the Toy is Sonya Hartnett’s first picture book. Hartnett has written a several novels including Butterfly which has just been shortlisted for the 2010 Miles Franklin Award. Hartnett partners …
Book Review: A Giraffe In The Bath By Mem Fox and Olivia Rawson
Mem Fox is one of my favourite children’s authors. In her new book, Fox has teamed up with a former student Olivia Rawson to write the funny picture book A Giraffe in …
Blanks Levels Of Questioning – Stimulating Children’s Language Development
At the end of February I wrote about a great booklet called Early Learners Games And Activities. This booklet not only gives you ideas of activities to do with young children but …
10 Online Games For Learning The Alphabet
I am not a flashcard type of mum, but I do like to follow the lead of my children and at the moment my preschooler is showing lots of interest in the …
Preschool Morning Routine
Our beautiful Babaganouski (who has quite outgrown this name!) will start 3 year old preschool this time next week. As he has three older siblings, he is actually quite used to getting …
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 …
School Starting Age – Latest Research On Australian Children
In Australia we are currently in the midst of our summer school holidays. In about two weeks time, they will be over, the new school year will commence and thousands of children …
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 …
10 Online Games To Practice Sight (Magic) Words
In a previous post I wrote about 10 Resources On Children’s Literacy. They were resources on the web that I have used for ideas, strategies and to educate myself in the area …
New Rules For Child Restraints In Victoria
Image by spinadelic I came across an add in the newspaper the other week end advising that there is to new rules for child restraints and booster seats in Victoria. A quick …
Increasing Independence In Children – Making Their Own Lunch
This post is part of a series of simple activities that can help increase your child’s independence. These activities are aimed at children aged two and above. Previous posts can be found …
Increasing Independence In Children – Grating
This post is part of a series of simple activities that can help increase your child’s independence. These activities are aimed at children aged two and above. Previous posts can be found …
Increasing Independence In Children – Juicing Oranges
My eldest son attending a Montessori preschool when we lived in the inner city. There were many things that I loved about the Montessori approach and I learnt a great deal from …
Mother’s Advice – Children Dressing Themselves
Image by Anthrovik On a post I wrote in March on Encouraging Children To Dress Independently a reader asked for suggestions on how to handle a 3 year old who can dress …
Building Play Into The Every Day
Image by Lepiaf.Geo This is my last contribution to the Carnival of Play. You can read my other posts here: Carnival Of Play and Playdough Recipe Developmental Play 10 Quotes On The …
Help your children make sense of natural disasters – By Micahel Grose
I subscribe to an excellent parent newsletter called Happy Kids. It is written by Michael Grose. Grose is is a leading parent educator, parent coach, writer and speaker on parenting and family …
First Day Of School – Getting Ready
Our daughter is starting school this year. In Victoria (Australia) their first year of school is referred to as their preparatory year or prep for short. We have taken care of all …
Stopping The Thumbsucking
Image by Byron and Tamara Next Wednesday our beautiful Possum turns five. This year her birthday means something other than just a celebration – it is also the day that she needs …