April 2011

Get Outdoors: Links to Inspire + A Chance to Add Yours

April 29, 2011

Thank you to everyone who has supported Get Outdoors month at Childhood 101. We have had lots of fun playing outdoors (that is Immy and two little friends playing Ring a Ring a Rosey above) and I hope you have found time to enjoy outdoors as a family. Today I wanted to share some inspiring [...]

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Preventing Iron Deficiency in Toddlers

April 29, 2011

This post is by regular contributor Naomi Cook. Two pregnancies, endless months of breastfeeding, running a couple of marathons and a lot of training in between left me a little lacking in the Iron Department. Iron deficiency makes me very tired, susceptible to infection and gives me tell tale dark circles under the eyes that [...]

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Come In, It’s Nice of You to Visit: A Tour of Immy’s Cubby House

April 28, 2011

As Immy’s birthday is so near Christmas, my extended family decided to put our funds together to buy her one big present instead of giving many small gifts. And you can’t get much bigger than a wooden cubby house! Inspired by The Grugly House over on the lovely Happy Home blog (though I am not [...]

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Kids Art: 20 Ways to Get Arty Outdoors

April 27, 2011

This post is by regular contributor, Cath Oehlman aka SquiggleMum. Inspired by Christie’s wonderful e-book, ART Not Craft, and in keeping with this month’s theme of heading outdoors with your kids, here are 20 creative ways to take art outside! Painting 1. Paint onto bark instead of paper. 2. Take the easel into the backyard [...]

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Get Outdoors: Fun in a Cardboard Box

April 26, 2011

What fun there is to be found in a cardboard box! Do you remember making box cars like this when you were a child? I have made them with many, many children as a teacher and now one very special little person as a mummy. After a first run around the yard a design flaw [...]

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We Play: Join our Playful Community

April 26, 2011

Adding a simple roadscape hand drawn on a large piece of cardboard has brought together a number of our imaginative play elements – small houses and people figurines, a wooden park and market garden, road signs and vehicles. I know it is simple and not flash (and I could easily add more details with some [...]

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Literacy Spot #16: Extending the Story Experience

April 25, 2011

One fun way to engage children with literacy is to take aspects of favourite stories and create playful learning opportunities from them. Here are a range of suggestions to get you started… Make an object which relates to the story Immy is currently in love with book, I Want a Trumpet! by Tony Ross (though [...]

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Mum 2 Mum: Say Hello

April 23, 2011

What is Mum 2 Mum? Mum 2 Mum is a place where as online friends we can share a little of our own experiences, so why not pop in for a cuppa and join the conversation. One of the things I love about blogging is the community which grows around a blog – a community [...]

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