Today we feature a guest post from author of Small Fry Outdoors, Caroline Webster, about the importance of time outdoors for children. When Christie asked me to write a guest post for her about children and the importance of outside fun; it set me to thinking about why it is such a passion of mine […]
DIY Kids Kitchen for under $10 – Part 2
To be honest, I was starting to worry that it couldn’t be done. That this challenge that I had set myself to make Immy a play kitchen for under $10 was not going to be possible. It was the sink taps and spout that were getting me down. I was hoping to pick up a […]
DIY Kid’s Kitchen for under $10 – Part 1
You may remember me posting about whether or not we should buy Immy a wooden play kitchen as she loves role playing, especially cooking. In fact she has been cooking eggs non-stop for about 5 days now, maybe she is in training to be a short order cook! We have decided that we will buy […]
Easy Percussion for Kids: The Plate Dance for Toddlers & Preschoolers
Each week we attend Wiggly Woo – a fun music and dance class for 1-5 year olds. Last term Immy’s favourite dance was the ‘plate dance.’ It’s a wonderfully, simple idea – all of the children and adults are each given two plastic plates to use as cymbal-like percussion instruments as the Can Can music […]
Gardening With Kids: How Does Your Garden Grow?
Immy loves our vegetable garden. I am not sure if I can actually call it a vegetable ‘garden’ as it is really vegetables planted in between the plants in the regular garden and in a few large pots. We are currently renting a home and so this is how our garden grows. I have previously […]
Things to Do This Weekend: Visit a Local Market
One of our favourite things to do on the weekend is visit local markets – whether they be a grower’s or farmer’s market, a craft market or one of the permanent markets in Fremantle. Markets are wondrous places for children to visit – offering so many new sights and sounds, smells and tastes – this […]
Rainy Day Play Ideas
What to do on a rainy day? Put on your gumboots and jump in puddles! Well, we actually waited for a break in the grey, rainy morning before we popped on our boots and headed out into the cold. Immy had a great time jumping and splashing in puddles. We all have days when we […]
Awesome Preschool Learning Toys
I fell in love with these wooden pieces for making letters after seeing them on The Write Start. They can be purchased at Handwriting Without Tears, where they are described as follows; The Wood Pieces Set and activities help children develop fine motor, social, vocabulary and letter formation skills. Fun Wood Piece activities teach basic […]
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