The Social Child

Let’s Celebrate SPRING: An Outdoor Play Invitation

October 21, 2010
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A Spring inspired outdoor invitation to play… bright pots of flowers… … and gardening utensils… … makes for a playful sandpit-side nursery. Or florist. Or home garden. Perfect for Spring time, whichever way you play. Related Posts Strewing An Invitation to Play An Invitation to Play: Adventures with Goldilocks Is Your Teacher a Pirate? The [...]

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Can we love our children too much?

October 4, 2010

It would appear not. At least according to this article published on Time online (found thanks to @ecotoys). Research indicates that responding quickly, instinctively and gently to our baby and young childrens needs develops both their moral and prosocial behaviours, such as the development of empathy and conscience. I particularly liked this quote; “The brain [...]

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DIY Kids: Kitchen Buffet Tutorial

May 24, 2010

Thanks to the generosity of family and friends, we have accumulated quite a lot of play kitchen ‘stuff.’ Felt, wooden and plastic food, tea sets, picnic sets, canisters, toasters, etc, etc, etc. Immy loves imaginative play and uses these props regularly to cook for and feed others – her family, her friends, her dolls and [...]

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Strategies to Bullyproof our Kids

May 9, 2010

Helping our children stand up for themselves is also important in the fight against bullying. As children get older, and there comes a situation where a peer is looking for someone to pick on, it is important that our children not be seen as “easy targets.” Children who are easy targets are ones who over-react, [...]

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Stopping Bullying Before It Begins: Part 2

May 2, 2010

This is the third guest post by Amanda of Learn to be Buddies in our Bullying and Young Children series. But first a quick recap from the last post; To help prevent our children from bullying others we need to do two things: Help them learn how their behaviour can effect others (as discussed in [...]

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Stopping Bullying Before It Begins: Part 1

April 26, 2010

Today we continue our series on bullying with Amanda of Learn to be Buddies, looking at strategies to stop bullying before it begins. To help prevent our children from bullying others we need to do two things: Help them learn how their behaviour can effect others Help them get what they need in socially appropriate [...]

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Does bullying begin at preschool?

April 18, 2010

Today I would like to introduce you to Amanda Gray of Learn to be Buddies, who has contributed a number of posts for our bullying series. In this series we hope to focus on strategies for stopping bullying before it begins and looking at ways to bully-proof our kids. Does bullying begin at preschool? There [...]

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Small Families: a Generation of Missed Opportunities?

April 8, 2010

I would classify myself as one of the ‘older’ parents common to Generation X. I was raised at a time when motherhood was not valued; successful women (at least within my sphere of influence) went to university and sought out a career. These were the things that defined you. I never remember there being any [...]

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