March 2010

ABC of Child Care: J is for…

March 31, 2010

J is for JOURNALMany quality centres maintain a learning journal or portfolio for each child as a record of their individual development, learning, interests and skills, and participation in the learning program. Journals are valuable records of a child’s early learning and development as they; Demonstrate ways in which the child is developing across each [...]

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Everyone’s Got a Bottom

March 31, 2010

Many parents find talking to their children (especially young children) about issues related to sexuality difficult. Private body parts, gender, sexuality, feelings, relationships. These are all important topics of conversation for families to share, regularly. In the current, April edition of Practical Parenting magazine I have written an article, Private Schooling, discussing why it is [...]

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Kids Art: Tissue Paper Fun

March 30, 2010

I love painting with food colouring (even though it can be messy if you aren’t careful) thanks to its vivid colours. And I think it is a great paint medium for toddlers as it is completely non toxic (just make sure you supervise them closely – it does wash off, eventually!) Immy enjoyed painting sheets [...]

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Being Mum: Simple Pleasures

March 28, 2010

Becoming a Mum changes things. Whatever your parenting style. Whatever your work status. Whatever your financial situation. Things change. These changes are not necessarily negative, life is just different. And as a result of this difference, you often start to appreciate more of the simple pleasures in life. Last week I tweeted on Twitter and [...]

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Organising Kids Stuff: Small Homes

March 27, 2010

For the first year of Immy’s life, we lived in a 1 1/2 bedroom apartment with one open plan living area. For the second year of her life, we lived in a home with one small, closed in living area. Needless to say, I developed a few strategies in my endeavours to manage the toys [...]

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The ABC of Child Care: I is for Illness

March 25, 2010

I is for Illness No child enjoys perfect health all of the time. Generally, children attending child care centres have a higher rate of infectious diseases, than children cared for at home. Most of these illnesses have no long term effect on the health of the child but in the short term cause distress for [...]

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A Change of Plans

March 25, 2010

I set the alarm to get up an hour early today as I knew that I had heaps to get done before Immy woke up. She has been sick for almost a week now so we have been hanging at home, with lots of “Mummy, I want…” time and not a lot of productive, “Mummy [...]

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Love Birds

March 24, 2010

Thank you to those who left such kind comments about my collage recreated from Immy’s artwork which will eventually hang in her room. Today I thought I would share another artwork which I will also be using. This one is a print called Love Birds which I purchased online at Printspace. I think I see [...]

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