Growing Nimble Families

Friday Finds {24.08.2012}

Friday Finds is the place to unwind, grab yourself a comfy chair and reflect on your past week then plan for the upcoming one. With a little something to make you think, for them to do and for us to listen or watch……. We are putting ideas into action. Challenging ourselves to do a little differently. Be inspired. Link up your Parenting articles, Play… View Post

Our Media diet- Part 2

in Conversations around play on 08/20/12

Here we are back in front of our screens. I started writing about our family media diet and mentioned the 6 elements to our family media diet. Do you have a media diet of things you will do or won’t in your family? How do you moderate your media at home? Most of us don’t have much of a plan…. View Post

Friday Finds {17.08.2012}

in Uncategorized on 08/17/12

Take a run up these steps with us……all 199 of them. Views were brilliant. Love Summer holidays! ___________________ Friday Finds is the place to unwind, grab yourself a comfy chair and reflect on your past week then plan for the upcoming one. With a little something to make you think, for them to do and for us to listen or watch……. We are… View Post

108: Growing up Global where you live

in Conversations around play, Creating Good Memories, Education, family atmosphere, Family Theme, Podcast, Relationships, Self Care, Simple Family Lifestyle on 08/16/12

Homa Tavangar has 20 years’ experience working with governments, businesses, international organizations and non-profit agencies in global competitiveness, organizational and business development, and cross-cultural issues. Iran, she has lived in East and West Africa, South America, and throughout the United States. Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World ( book) Growing up Global ( site) Listen::… View Post

Making service and giving easier for the under 5s

in Conversations around play, Play activities on 08/13/12

Holiday time is often the time we remember service and giving activities. Maybe it is the thought of all the incoming gifts into our full homes or the awareness of those who have little or are going without. Overburdening our children with adult issues is something we’ve really struggled with as a family to come to some sort of agreement… View Post

Friday Finds {10.08.2012}

in Conversations around play on 08/10/12

The hardest time is the gap between saying, “Go find something to do!” and them finding something to do. I don’t know about you but I’m so tempted to talk more and direct them. We try and have unstructured downtime everyday. Not just now, some random filling in time but planned to give a decent length of time to allow… View Post

107 Back to school for 5 year olds and under

in Education, Family Theme, Podcast, Simple Family Lifestyle on 08/09/12

Jenae a teacher who is staying home to raise two boys. She blogs over at icanteachmychild.com. She created her blog to hold herself accountable to being intentional in the time she has with both of her children and it’s also a fantastic resource for parents and carers wishing to enrich the development of their young child. Listen:: Listen to this… View Post

Shaving cream numbers

in Play activities on 08/06/12

Each child is singing a different song at home. The LO’s current fun song of the numbers 1-10 at the top of his voice. Plus, the LO is into Hide and seek with his own variation. When you go to find him and you are near he jumps out yelling, ” Surprise!” and scaring you out of your skin. Combining his present… View Post

106: 7 Ways to Raise Responsible Tots

in Better Conversations, family atmosphere, Family Theme, Podcast, Simple Family Lifestyle on 08/03/12

This week I’m talking about raising responsible kids after reading popular news articles about how we are spoiling our children. Listen:: Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device What we learn in this podcast::

Using maps for big and small

in Play activities on 08/02/12

Maps are fascinating. I was excited to get the question : How do you use maps in your home? from MaryAnne and our cross blog conversation. (See the bottom of this post for more information) It’s never too young to start looking at a map together and just getting to know what’s there. We’re big fans of maps and include them in… View Post

Our media diet- Part One

in Conversations around play on 07/30/12

Screens are here to stay and how we manage them will impact our children both now and in their future. The American Academy of Pediatrics produced a landmark publication about television. We all know of families who monitor screen use and those who don’t.. We probably all hold definite views of when to introduce TV, the computer ipads, handheld devices… View Post

Friday Finds {27.07.2012}

in Play activities on 07/27/12

Nothing beats being able to carry things everywhere. The LO loves moving things in his trolley. He’d just rediscovered the long lost book, in the picture. Summer is moving nicely with a trip to the farm and lots of unstructured playtime. How about you? What have you been up to? On the eve of the Olympics we’re brushing up on… View Post