Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device Meet Jo Ebisujima a Brit living in Japan. She loves creating for children and helping parents to organize themselves and their children so that they can spend more quality time together. She writes about her work at My Organized Chaos. She can also be found at her personal blog jojoebi… View Post
Pinterest housekeeping Over the years we’ve been collecting Christmas ornaments in a box. The box has got bigger each year as the children make more, more goes in at the end of the season. Each year it is a surprise what we have inside as things slip down. We have no real system other than, if it’s Christmas it goes… View Post
I’m sure you’ve got a lot more to be thankful for than you realise. No really. Today’s two posts with the Sunday Parenting Party have a focus on expressing gratitude. We’re linking up parenting posts that involve us as parents. We keep the Sunday Parenting Party free of activity based posts and instead focus on helping each other as… View Post
Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device Boys have energy! Ask any parent. Today we’re talking about boys, parenting and play. Join Noël Janis-Norton, author,teacher, trainer speaker learning and behavioural specialist has developed a practical, solution-focused approach parenting programme, called Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting as we talk about raising a boy. Listen to the girls show here… View Post
Welcome back to the Sunday Parenting Party. We’re linking up parenting posts that involve us as parents. We keep the Sunday Parenting Party free of activity based posts and instead focus on help each other as parents through giving and seeking advice and sharing things that worked.
Childhood is full of those little moments; simple parenting moments. When you are curled up on the couch together. Watching them tongue out creating their masterpiece swirly art picture… That look they give when they see or experience something for the first time. This year the focus in our home on the blog is about slow parenting, simple parenting and play…. View Post
Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device There’s more to coloring than printables and staying inside the lines. Get creative with your coloring ideas for your young child. Plus newest ebooks, ecourses, memes, challenges and books in the play community to have a bumper year with your tot. In this episode::
There are lots of play activities we can do this year. There are lots of play activities we will do this year. But what play activities have you just got to do? Let’s talk about the amount of play you’re doing right now. Forget the guilt that we think we should be doing more or spending ‘quality time’. Instead focus… View Post
What is your best post of 2012 and why? I had two posts that I really loved and held fond memories. Based on how many of you agree it would be- Evening Activities That Keep Kids Busy Playing Why?
Welcome to Raising Playful Tots- an Early Childhood Podcast for mums who want to make the most of their playtime with their under 5 children. I’ve shared the top interviews on Early Childhood Education for Raising Playful Tots for 2012 that you loved. If you missed them pop on over and have a listen to some. Today I’m sharing my… View Post
New Year’s Eve seems the perfect time to ask interview questions of our kids. It’s before we start a new year so we can look back and remember. After all the advent activities from the previous month, the toys, activities and gifts from December it’s actually nice to have a conversational event.New Year’s Eve interview questions is a time to… View Post
Let’s talk about us for a moment. ..As parents we are hard on ourselves. Childhood is such a short period of time we can look back on some aspects and really not remember the joys. Why is that? Sometimes it’s because it was just hard work, tiredness and lots of general difficulties all robbing our joy. We need to nurture ourselves along… View Post
