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Tips and tools for helping kids with their homework

Tips and tools for helping kids with their homework (but not doing it for them!)

Today’s post answers reader questions on the topic of helping kids with their homework . You can read previous answers to readers’ questions here. It must be the time of year for it …

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Free e-books and audiobooks for kids

Free e-books and audiobooks for kids

Keeping kids reading as they get older can be a challenge at the best of times but through a tight and extended lockdown, the challenge is made even harder. We are lucky …

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Is my child ready for school in this COVID-19 interrupted year?

Is my child ready for school after this COVID-19 interrupted year?

Determining whether your child is ready for school can be a very stressful and challenging decision. With our kids, we have made our decision based on each individual child as opposed to …

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5 tips for starting school

5 tips for starting school – Foundation or Prep year

In Victoria the first year at primary school is now known as the Foundation year. When our five kids first started school it was known as Prep, but regardless of what it …

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engaging and encouraging reluctant readers

Engaging and Encouraging Reluctant Readers

I feel super lucky to be able to publish this guest post today from Megan Daley. Megan is the amazing lady behind the excellent website Children’s Books Daily. Megan is a highly …

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Back to school 2019 – a collection of tips to help parents

I am not one to wish away school holidays. I love them and love having the kids around more. Yes at times they can drive me a bit bonkers, but on the …

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Getting a plan of action for your kid’s health needs

This post is sponsored by Ask Your Pharmacist.  Within only a matter of days of being back at school, one of the kids came home with a minor injury. A new synthetic …

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My new school shoes feel weird and other back to school sagas!

Our kids are at an age now where back to school after the summer holidays is a pretty standard affair. There aren’t too many issues that arise and as parents we have …

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11 steps for a calm back to school

Do you have kid/s off to school for the first time this year and you wonder how you are going to get everyone out of the door on time? With a number …

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Book lists and audiobook lists for kids

Over the 10 years I have been blogging I have published many book lists for kids. To make it easy for you to find these book lists all in one place, I …

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Making it simpler and easier – Collect for Anything by GroupTogether

This post is sponsored by GroupTogether.  You might remember that last year I shared with you a great new Australian company called GroupTogether. GroupTogether is a start up founded by two mums …

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9 things you can do now to get ready for back to school

Today’s post answers a back to school reader question. You can read previous answers to readers’ questions here. What activities do you do at the end of the school year with school …

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Three steps to a more creative home

Creativity has been a core part of my single goal for 2016. Fostering creativity in kids is something that I feel passionately about so when Mia Northrop from riddle and Chance asked me if …

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5 tips to make the school week run smoothly

A couple of weeks into the new school term and we are all starting to find our rhythm. This is something that definitely happens quicker as the kids get older. But regardless …

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School starting age – 2015 update

Back in 2010 I wrote a couple of posts on school starting age as I received many questions both in real life and on the blog about this topic. You can read …

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8 funny books for girls (6-12)

Master 9 and I have been eagerly awaiting the release of the third instalment in The Mapmaker Chronicles trilogy. It is a fabulous adventure trilogy written by Australian author A.L Tait. Aimed at children 10+ …

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More school holiday activities to do at home

School holidays are almost here in Victoria and I have shared previously some ideas on activities for kids which you can find here: 5 Simple Kids Activities At Home Non technology related …

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I'm bored- lists of things to do

“I’m bored” lists of things to do

School holidays start next week for most Victorian schools. I have found that if we are going to be spending time at home, it is handy to have some “I’m bored list …

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