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Kidspot Ford Territory Top 50: Feel the difference

April 12, 2012

Once upon a time there was a girl who truly believed she had the best of both worlds. She travelled the world. Went to movies late at night. Slept in on weekends. And she had the best job ever. You see, she worked with young children. Each day was bright with smiles. Each day she [...]

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Why I Have Been Missing In Action

March 13, 2012
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I feel that I have been missing in action around the interwebs lately, with little time for Facebook, Twitter, answering emails, reading, commenting on or linking to blogs I love, or responding to comments here on Childhood 101…the to-do list goes on and on.  I appreciate every comment and email I receive and read them [...]

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Play Grow Learn Issue 3 Out Now!

February 29, 2012
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The third issue of Play Grow Learn is bursting at the seams, filled with ideas for hours of fun playing, growing and learning with your children. Whether you are a parent or an early educator Play Grow Learn will inspire you with 55 pages and 100+ playful activities including… Baby Play: Face to face Toddler [...]

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Making Body Shapes (with Printable Body Shape Cards)

February 13, 2012

One simple movement game that the children used to love when I was teaching was making body shapes. Immy loves it too and I think it is a great game because it is easy to play both inside and outside. In it’s simplest form, to play body shapes I would ask the children to use [...]

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Back to School: 20 Lunch Box Snack Ideas (+ free printable!)

January 20, 2012
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As a new school Mum about to embark on her first foray into preparing school lunches, I thought it would be useful to compile a list of quick and easy snack suggestions for recess (or ‘little’ lunch) to hang inside my pantry door. I am guessing that this will be helpful both as I prepare [...]

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Simple Kids Sewing: Sewing Flowers

July 11, 2011

We attend a great playgroup once a week and this was one of our recent creative projects – a cardboard flower with holes punched for threading a long length of wool through. I thought it was a great idea and immediately thought to make a more permanent version for Immy’s sewing basket. So out came [...]

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Kids & Cameras: Photo Journalist for a Day

June 8, 2011

This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. Be sure to read on for your chance to win! What do you do when sent Fisher Price Kid Tough digital camera to test drive?  Head off to the local zoo for a day of photo journalism. Immy hard at work in the bird aviary. Immy loves taking photos. [...]

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Parenting Styles: Reactive or Proactive?

April 7, 2011
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  Definition Reactive: Tending to be responsive or to react to a stimulus. Characterized by reaction. Proactive: Creating or controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it has happened. ~The Free Dictionary online As parents we all spend some of our time operating from each of [...]

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