January 2012

One activity, four ways: Tape It Up!

January 31, 2012

One activity, four ways will be a new, regular feature on Childhood 101. I am often asked how to modify an activity idea or resource for children who are younger or older than Immy, or how to involve children of different ages in an activity. One activity, four ways will take one idea (or resource) [...]

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Making the Most of Outings, Excursions and Day Trips

January 30, 2012

Immy’s photo of the Books Moove Me artwork at the State Library of WA. We have enjoyed a range of different outings over the Christmas/New Year school holiday period here in Australia. We’ve been to the theatre, travelled on public transport, enjoyed an animal nursery hosted at our local library, shared lunch in the city [...]

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Our Play Space: Living with Play

January 29, 2012

A peek inside a reader’s play space… Often times I feel as though my entire home is a play space. I mean really, kids seem to be able to play in just about any environment you put them in. I distinctly remember when my first child was born deciding that our home was going to [...]

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Revisiting the Hundred Languages of Children

January 28, 2012

I first posted The 100 Languages of Children as part of my emergent curriculum series in August 2009. In the context of early education, I believe it is a powerful poem. I was recently reminded of it’s awesomeness via this visual representation, The Hundred Languages Illuminated Poem by Sarah McRoberts (found via Facebook thanks to [...]

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Journey Through a Pregnancy: Week 25

January 27, 2012

Sending virtual hugs across the world this week to a blogging friend Jane, who sadly recently lost her baby boy, Adam, born sleeping at full term. I feel so much grief for Jane and her family, and her loss has been a reminder again to me that nothing about bringing new life into the world [...]

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Moments to Remember…

January 27, 2012

January has been filled with moments that I want to wrap up in tissue paper and never forget. Here are just a few… Playing ~ Lego. Immy was given Lego for the first time this Christmas and she is loving it. We make castles and cottages and stables and cars and caravans… and when we [...]

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Mum 2 Mum: What’s In A Name?

January 26, 2012

We seem to have come to a screaming halt with the whole dreaming up names for our new baby game. It appears it is going to be somewhat difficult to come to any form of agreement this time around! Dad 101 seems to prefer very popular names, the type that have made the Top 10 [...]

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Easy Things to Bake With Kids: Anzac Cookies

January 26, 2012

This version of the classic Australian recipe was shared with me in my second year of teaching by a mother I admired – her children always had such yummy, homemade goodies in their lunchboxes! And I was a new graduate, recently moved out of home who didn’t know much about baking at all! Given today [...]

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