Why Kids Lie and What You Can Do About It
- Why Kids Lie and What You Can Do About It - March 24, 2019
- So Where Does Your Baby Food Come From? - December 7, 2015
- Why You Need Board Games Under Your Tree By Danielle Mantakoul - November 25, 2015
Parents can start to notice kids telling lies when their child reaches the preschool years. This is because developmentally your child has reached the level of understanding that adults don’t actually know everything that they know. Before this, children believe that you know what they do, so there is little point to telling a lie. Early lying can More...
Puzzles – the revival of old school family entertainment
Many years ago, I would probably do a puzzle once every six months. When the kids came along, there was fat chance of completing one a year. Infact, I didn’t tackle one until my youngest turned 10, and in More...
Salt play, it’s so much fun!
Easy to clean up off the floor, won’t mark the kids clothes, it’s cheap and best thing of all, salt play is so much fun. Not only is this a great sensory medium, add some funnels, scales, measuring cups More...
Save Money in the Lunchbox with My Squeeze Food Pouches
Not too long ago you would open my fridge to be met with a mountain of yoghurt squeezies taking up a huge amount of space. With three kids I would buy around 30 of these a week for their morning tea and lunch boxes. More...
What Your Sleep Pattern Says About You
Do you sleep too little, fancy frequent naps or love to curl up for a solid night’s slumber in the foetal position? Well all these things mean something, according to experts. Here’s what your sleep More...
Children’s Health in a Digital Age – do we need to worry? By Dr Kristy Goodwin
She’s the Director at Every Chance to Learn and an Honorary Associate At Macquarie university. Kristy’s a speaker who combines practical strategies with the latest research to empower time-poor parents and educators to make sense of this brave, new world in which they’re raising digital kids (without having to ban the iPad or switch off the TV).
Today’s children often learn to tap, swipe and pinch before they’ve learnt to tie their shoelaces or ride a bike. They’re growing up in a world immersed in screens (no wonder they assume every screen is a More...
The 30 Second Shower Challenge – Transitioning from bath to shower
- Why Kids Lie and What You Can Do About It - March 24, 2019
- So Where Does Your Baby Food Come From? - December 7, 2015
- Why You Need Board Games Under Your Tree By Danielle Mantakoul - November 25, 2015
Our kids all arrive at that stage when it’s time to transition from the bath to the shower. Many of us instigated this, now feeling that perhaps we could ditch this time consuming nightly activity. Many of More...
How To Prevent Your Dog Getting Jealous When A New Baby Arrives
You can never be totally prepared for a newborn, they turn your world upside down in so many good and bad ways! Your dog will be similarly unprepared for all the sights, sounds, smells and NOISES of a new baby, More...
“I DON’T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL” and how you can help.
Nearly every morning before school, Josh, 9, will scream, cry and do anything possible to stay home. “He’ll whine on and on, ‘I don’t feel well. I hate my teacher. School is boring,” More...
What Your Child’s Preschool Teacher Wants You To Know
- Why Kids Lie and What You Can Do About It - March 24, 2019
- So Where Does Your Baby Food Come From? - December 7, 2015
- Why You Need Board Games Under Your Tree By Danielle Mantakoul - November 25, 2015
As children start their new preschool or childcare centre experience, mums everywhere are starting to exhale from the new unfamiliar experience. Danielle Mantakoul, Early Childhood teacher and lecturer has some More...
