Given that the weather has become rather less desirable for outings we decided to have a day on our staycation. One activity I have been meaning to try was the edible fingerpaint featured in The Lost Art Of Childhood by Sarah Bryden-Brown (see recipe below). As an early childhood teacher I am very embarrassed to […]
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 […]
Little Collections of a Different Kind
I have previously shared about the walks Immy and I take around our block most days and the little collections she makes along the way. Recently we made a little collection of a different kind, we’ll call it a ‘community building’ collection! We started out, rounded the first corner and came across our next door […]
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 […]
We Are Reading: The Lost Art of Childhood
The Lost Art of Childhood: How to do things families have forgotten by Sarah Bryden-Brown I love this book. I am actually in trouble with our local library because I keep renewing it and I am way over my number of allowed renewals – I guess they imagine someone else might like to have a […]
