As a busy mum, it’s easy to get caught up in our own world and not see beyond our little corner. My eldest son was born with a club foot. Within days my husband and I were up to speed on the Ponsetti approach to treating clubfoot. We knew our little boy needed us. You are immediately immersed into a… View Post
The Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education project has been following 3,000 children between the ages of three and 14 since 1996 to try to discover what factors lead to success. While the report talks about preschool learning environments it also highlights HLE, the home learning environment. It’s important to note one of the findings from the study is how much of… View Post
It’s amazing how attached you get to things. The LO has started riding to school on his balance bike. The brake stuck one day in the week and I just couldn’t get the wheel to move. Walking just seemed boring again. It was the hardest 8 minute walk we’ve had to do to get him to school. One sad bunny… View Post
Take a peak into Montessori. Barbara Issacs, Academic Director of Montessori centre international, ( MCI) She’s also the author of Bringing the Montessori Approach to your Early Years Practice and Understanding the Montessori Approach: Early Years Education in Practice. She’s been a proprietor of a Montessori Nursery, trainer of Montessori teachers as well as Senior Accreditation officer for the… View Post
Pinterest is a great place for learning and sharing early years play ideas and activities. With the range of activities and ideas it’s easy to find all different type of activities and be inspired to try something simple. Not just that but there are so many articles, videos and vlogs about the early years pinned on Pinterest you can learn… View Post
Well it definitely feels like Spring and the flowers are blooming. All the kids have fallen in love again with their bikes. The LO is loving his balance bike and is lifting those legs more and more. Cooking dinner and hearing the children making up games outside was just a nice feeling this week. The squabbles and irritations thrown off for a… View Post
Rainy Day Mum started in 2011 as a way to share the ideas that I had for a rainy day with J my then 20 month old as everything I found on the internet didn’t work for us, was either too simple or way too advanced for him. It’s developed over the last 9 months and now aims to make… View Post
The LO loves letters, counting and cars. He’ll line cars up all day; count everywhere and draw letters into everything. Colours are a different matter. Not sure if he truly knows his colours as he’s a big prankster. He loves to call an apple and orange. Just because he knows someone will smile and laugh at him. I love his… View Post
How do you divide your time between work that has to get done and playing with your child? Allie from NoTimeForFlashcards.com, Educator and creative crafter and Melitsa share their struggles,systems, solutions and stories about the age old question; are we doing enough ( or too much?) Listen:: Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device Show notes:: We learn:… View Post
Teaching our children in small steps is a fundamental play activity. They copy what we do. We share, show and have fun with them we see their play develop. Laundry provides lots of ways to develop piece of the apple type activities. Sorting and classifying I could show you our pile of laundry but I don’t think any of the… View Post
