Growing Nimble Families

We Play

in Podcast on 04/29/10

We play in the kitchen. Welcome to the drums section of a very loud concert ( Can you hear me shouting that!) or is it official taste tester of the new and improved LO sauce. Better than mummy’s with the secret ingredient? or is it just fun to take things out of cupboards and off tables and line them up… View Post

Raising Playful Tots show #23 Positive Parenting with Sue Atkins

in Better Conversations, Podcast, Relationships, Self Care on 04/28/10

“There’s no such thing as failure, just feedback.” “No point driving forward and looking in the rear view mirror! If you’ve made a few mistakes let them go!” “Hang out with happy parents!” Sue Atkins. We love the under 5s! Some days all that energy can get us down. How do you keep positive with your Under 5s? Today… View Post

Have you joined our Blogfrog community?

in Play activities on 04/28/10

Have you looked into Blogfrog yet? While I love comments on the blog they can be one sided with me answering you. Following a group of people is a little tricky and keeping the flow of the conversation. Blogfrog is a place where the questions or thoughts are posted and in the same thread we can respond to each other…. View Post

What happened in Screen free week 2010

in Play activities, Seasonal play on 04/27/10

Last week was a big week of play in our family. Screen free week, Earth day and St George’s day. Last week I confessed that the previous year due to poor planning on my part the results were pretty bad. No one was happy. This year I’m happy to report that Screen Free week went well. We started the seeded… View Post

8 things to do when stuck in traffic with the kids

in Education, Play activities on 04/26/10

It’s all too easy to jump in the car to grab something from the supermarket. Or you’re late for an appointment so you bundle the kids into the car and make a dash for it. Only to find that somehow you meet a delay or road works. Worse is when you are on a long commute home from a trip… View Post

St George’s day preschool activities

in Play activities on 04/23/10

This is the week for celebrations. Yesterday was Earth day. The whole week is Screen Free week. Today is St George’s day. So in honour of our British heritage we are celebrating in America. When you’re away from everything you know you crave the weirdest things. You can also find the strangest things in the supermarket as well. We’re going… View Post

Raising Playful Tots show #22 Earth day Activities and projects for families

in Education, Family Theme, Podcast, Simple Family Lifestyle on 04/22/10

Happy Earth day! Happy coincidence that this is the 22nd show on the 22nd day of the month! We’re celebrating Earth day with a project and bucketful of play activities and ideas. If you want to know what that is you need to go : https://play-activities.com/blog/earth-day-family-project/ or listen to this weeks show by clicking the large triangle below the photographs.:)… View Post

Earth day family project

in Play activities, Seasonal play on 04/21/10

Happy Earth day! We’ve been working on a project all week with the extra time. Something that we’ve all been able to do together. It’s been a great lead up to [tag]Earth day[/tag]. Here’s how we made seeded paper. Gather the materials together Day one Tear paper into the smallest pieces to great music. Tearing is better than cutting or… View Post

I’m Blissfully Domestic and a Steady Mom

in Play activities on 04/21/10

It’s official, friends… I’m excited to share that I’m a contributing writer in two places! My first “contributing writer” gig is up at Blissfully Domestic. If you’ve not checked into Blissfully Domestic before you’ll see it has something for everyone. It’s split into various channels for green living, arts and crafts, books, family, fashion…… You name it. You’ll see it…. View Post

Do you check your milestones?

in Education, Play activities on 04/20/10

Am I the only one who still checks milestones with my children? The hospital gave us a booklet, the child development center gave us What to Expect the First Year and others in the series. Over the years I now have Bright Start: Understand and Stimulate Your Child’s Development From Birth to 5 Years and Child of Our Time: Early… View Post

Play Activities for Screen free week 2010

in Education, Play activities on 04/19/10

Screen free week 2010! So hands up! Did it creep up on you this year? Now you’re wondering if you can do it but you’ve not planned for it. Screen free week used to be known as TV turnoff week but we have more screens in our lives now and with a changeover in organization it seems more apt to… View Post

6 boredom busters when waiting for food to arrive

in Play activities on 04/16/10

When you go out to eat what do you do between ordering and food arriving? Here are our top 6 boredom busters when waiting for food to arrive when we’re eating out. Stack the packet condiments Dump and fill the sugar/salt packets container ( Who can be the fastest?) Count the packets ( sort the colours/size/ shape etc) Kim’s game-… View Post