What’s family dinner like in your home? Probably pretty busy. Anytime for play activities? Family meal times can be a really chaotic time of day with the bewitching hour close by/ clubs and activities/ and the general hustle and bustle of preparing a meal with children underfoot. By the time we make it to the table we’re all a little… View Post
How relevant is the play activities you did as a child relevant for your little ones today? Today’s show is packed full of play ideas and ways to extend play. Things you remember but had forgotten perhaps and ideas to keep you going for another week. Listen:: You can download the MP3 file for this podcast here . Or directly… View Post
It’s been almost a month now since you got your shiny new smartphone/ipad/ipod. You’ve got to grips with some features but you know it can do so much more. You’ll be wanting to listen to shows that help you as a parent or maybe you need some light relief. Photo credit How to find shows? iTunes Ask your friends and… View Post
After school clubs and the under5s. No not clubs for them but the clubs that their siblings attend. When you have a group of children going to clubs after school what happens to the other children while the one or two children are at the club? This year I have two in after school clubs. We start clubs once they… View Post
Part 2 of the Interview with links, tips and advice on home education with Kelly Ireland of wearehere-kellyi.blogspot.com. Kelly Ireland has four children ranging from 2 years to 9 years old. She moved to Scotland and back to England after six years. In the nearly ten years she has been a mother she has worked full time, part time and… View Post
There are many opportunities to study about important people during the year. Often the ones that the children remember are the ones that have a link to them. So we need to find a link from the person to the child. Martin Luther King, Jr. is celebrated in January. In some parts of the world the third Monday in January… View Post
This is a guest post co-written by Emily Patterson and Kathleen Thomas. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Traditionally a second language is taught beginning in middle school, or even high school. However research has shown that this teaching can begin at their child care facilities or at home at a young… View Post
Learn the ins and outs of Home Education with our guest today! Kelly Ireland has four children ranging from 2 years to 9 years old. She moved to Scotland and back to England after six years. In the nearly ten years she has been a mother she has worked full time, part time and now not at all! All of … View Post
You can have amazing conversations when you’re doing something as mundane as hole punching scrap paper! This play activity is great to encourage communication and concentration. The MO was very excited to try out the hole punch. We had both the one punch and the two punch. The two punch was much easier to use because of the lever. The… View Post
How are you getting on with your New Year resolutions?Try these 11 resolutions to start you thinking about play in 2011. 1. Stop and think do they really need that new toy or gadget? Marketing and peer pressure aside how will it really benefit my child? Sometimes they will and sometimes it won’t. Photo credit 2. Stop and play with… View Post
