Popular Posts
Childhood 101 is your online resource for living life with kids. This list of popular posts offers a quick overview of key categories you’ll find here on the blog.
Playful Learning
In our collection you’ll find a diverse range of play and learning activities for children across a range of ages and learning areas – from simple play ideas for babies and toddlers through to homework helpers for school aged kids, and everything in between! This is a tiny sample of the hundreds of ideas we have shared over the past 7 years.
For All Ages:
- Managing Big Emotions Resource Library
- Best Books for Kids Collection
- 15 of the Best Building & Construction Kits for Kids
- 25 Best Board & Card Games for Families
- 101 Ways to Play Outside
- 45 Things to Do Instead of Turning on the TV
For Babies & Toddlers:
- Creating a Baby Play Space
- Active Baby Play Ideas
- 3 Simple, Imaginative Play Ideas for Tots
- Our All Time Favourite Baby/Toddler Toy (and It’s DIY!)
- Our Toddler Friendly Sewing Basket
- Toddler Busy Bag Ideas
- Maths Activities for 2-3 Year Olds
For Preschool & Kindergarten Kids
- 6 Ways to Play with Toy Cars
- 20+ Super Sensory Play Ideas
- 50 Preschool Boredom Busters
- Reading With Kids: 7 Things to Notice on The Cover
- 5 Games for Speaking, Listening & Thinking
- 21 Ways to Ramp Up Interest in Your Writing Table
- Hands On Activities for Learning About 2D & 3D Shapes
- 15 Preschool Counting Songs
- 9 Counting Games for Preschoolers
- 21 Fabulous Pretend Play Spaces
For School Aged Kids
- Let Them Go Barefoot & 6 More Rules for Play
- 5 Tips for Supporting Beginning Readers
- 50 Playful Sight Word Activity Ideas
- 2 Engineering Mystery Bag Challenges
- 23 Activities for Tweens
- Brain Breaks: 7 YouTube Channels That Get Kids Moving
- Maths Games for Kids: Uno Flip and Uno War
- Games for Kids: Classic Childhood Games
- Make Your Own Mini Microscope!
- Printable Lego Mosaics
- Star Wars Shadow Puppets
Positive Parenting
Parenting in our modern day world can be a tough gig! Our parenting posts are shared from the perspective of everyday parents experiencing the same daily challenges the world over.
- What My Child Needs Most When She’s Angry
- Tantrums Aren’t Just For Two Year Olds
- 10 Ways to Get Kids to Listen
- What’s Your Parenting Style: Reactive or Proactive?
- Getting Out the Door On Time Without Saying ‘Hurry Up!’
- No One Will Play With Me! Helping Children Make Friends
- Best Books For Exploring Big Emotions
- 7 Things I Want Our Children to Always Feel About Our Home
- 14 Fun Ideas for Dating Your Family
- 16 Ways to Help Children Want Less
Organising Family Life
Life changes when you have kids – ain’t that the understatement of the century! So much about your home organisation, daily life and routines is thrown upside down and roundabout when you bring that little person home from hospital, and we’re guessing it stays that way for about the next eighteen years! Here are our tips for surviving those changes.
- 9 Playful Ikea Hacks
- 9 Awesome DIY Kids Bookshelves
- 8 Dress Up Storage Solutions
- Cool Kids Art Space Storage Ideas
- Lego Organisation Ideas
- Printable Daily Routine Picture Cards
- 60+ Inspiring Spaces for Play
- Family Camping Checklist
- 50 Frugal Shopping Tips
- 10 Simple Ways to Get Your Family More Organised
- The Stress Less Guide to Family Travel
Family Friendly Recipes
All of our family friendly recipes have been given the thumbs up by our own families! For dinnertime inspiration, be sure to try our tasty takes on family favourites;
- Cheese, Bacon & Spaghetti Pie
- Family Cottage Pie
- One Pan Vegetable Macaroni and Cheese
- Homemade Tortillas
- Chicken Meatballs
- 50 Quicker Than Takeaway Family Meal Ideas
- 3 Budget Meats = 30 Family Meal Ideas
- 10 Easy & Healthy Alternatives to Packaged Breakfast Cereals
You’ll find lunch box inspiration galore in these posts;
- More Lunch Box Ideas for Kids Who Don’t Like Sandwiches
- Lunch Box Ideas for Kids Who Don’t Like Sandwiches
- 25 Bake & Freeze Lunch Box Ideas
- 50 Lunch Box Snack Ideas
- 18 Super Sandwich Fillings Just Right for Kids
- Make Your Child’s School Lunch More Memorable
If it’s advice for family mealtimes that you are looking for, these posts might be the place to start;
- Printable Family Conversation Cards
- 5 Food Suggestions for Keeping Kids at the Table
- Fun Tips for Encouraging Kids to Eat Vegetables
- 9 Reasons Research Shows That Family Mealtimes Matter
Or if you are looking to cook with your kids;
- 10 Reasons to Cook With Kids
- 10 Easy Things to Cook with Kids
- 12 [More] Recipes to Cook with Kids
- 12 Classic Kids Party Foods
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