The Healthy Child

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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Playopedia Picks: Get Small Bodies Moving

September 6, 2011

Looking for ideas to get your kids moving to burn off that excess energy? You know Playopedia is where it is at! Body Part Bubble Pop Gross Motor Fun with Batons Hula Hoop Games Beach Ball Games for Preschoolers Walking Tall Hula Blockers Balloon Aerobics Bean Bag Toss And for more playful inspiration check out…

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Screen Time & Young Hearts: A Look at a Recent Sydney Study

July 22, 2011
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This post is by regular contributor Naomi Cook. We are not ‘T.V people.’ However, my three year old enjoys an educational DVD whilst I make dinner and she also enjoys educational apps on my iPhone. I have seen tremendous learning outcomes from both of these forms of screen time. I frequently find these forms of [...]

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Literacy Spot #29: Literacy Learning Outdoors

July 18, 2011
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We were all out working in the backyard this weekend – moving dirt, digging out lawn, pulling weeds, and discovering lots of minibeasts in the process…and it got me thinking about the literacy learning potential of spending time outdoors…. Listening & Speaking Listen to the sounds that you can hear outdoors – tree leaves rustling [...]

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Colds We Wish Weren’t So ‘Common’

June 17, 2011
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This post is by regular contributor Naomi Cook. I write this from voluntarily ‘isolation.’ It is almost a self imposed quarantine! I have taken my older child out of child care temporarily and am avoiding, on the whole, areas teeming with (cold ridden) kids such as playgrounds. Drastic measures! My youngest is a little immuno-compromised [...]

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Getting Outside When It’s Cold

June 15, 2011
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This post is by regular contributor, Kate Fairlie of Picklebums. “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing.” – Sir Rannulph Fiennes That may be true but I don’t like the cold, and the idea of going outside to play when it’s cold makes me cringe and edge just a little closer to [...]

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Getting Little Bodies Moving When It’s Too Cold (or Hot) Outdoors

June 11, 2011
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It’s cooling down rapidly on this side of the world (which is what tends to happen when Winter hits, I know!) and warming up for my friends overseas, so today here is a list of ideas for keeping little people physically active when it is just too cold (or hot) to spend a lot of [...]

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Food Allergies and Intolerances: Our Journey Continues

May 27, 2011
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This post is by regular contributor Naomi Cook. Four weeks ago I left the Allergy Centre at our local hospital with my daughter. She had been newly diagnosed with multiple food chemical intolerances, but I was feeling lucky. As I paid the receptionist for our visit I overheard a doctor ask another mother, “Have you [...]

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