The other weekend hubby and I went away for the weekend. It was a lovely escape to the city for just the two of us. No kids were coming! Yes,…
Ninjas wear pink shoes too
In the news recently was a story of a little boy who for his first day of preschool he wanted to wear pink shoes. His mum explained that the shoes…
Teach Kids to Be Active
In an article on Essential Kids, “Sedentary lifestyles robbing kids of motor skills”, it mentions a landmark study that looked at NSW children. This study showed that the children are…
Unstructured for social skills
Unstructured play is now a very popular term for just leaving the kids alone to play. Well they are not actually alone as you are still keeping an eye on…
Fussy eaters
I have 2 fussy eaters. Julia seems sometimes better than Lillian and Lillian does not eat as much as Julia; however they are just about the same when it comes…
Learning styles
One of the reasons we chose the Montessori pre-school for the girls was that they look at how different children learn and work with the child’s talents. When I was…