My Favourite Things: Create an Invitation to Play

Have you ever walked into a childcare centre or playgroup at the start of the day and seen a whole lot of little ‘stations’ set up where the kids can go and play? These areas are set up in what is called an ‘invitation to play’ – they create a space where kids have access…

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It’s Just A Phase (But it’s driving me crazy!)

Hello Mum. I see you. I see your silent scream when your child asks to watch Frozen or Toy Story one more time. And I want to let you know that it’s okay, it’s just a phase. For a while our home looked like a shrine to Thomas the Tank Engine. And I couldn’t even…

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Helping Kids Learn about Wants and Needs

It all started when my five year old asked me if I would buy him a lightsaber. (Or, more accurately at the time, a ‘light-saver’). He didn’t know much about Star Wars, but because of the couple of books we’d borrowed from the library, plus playing with wonderful lightsabers at friend’s houses, he knew that…

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The Great Toy Toss

One of my goals during the summer holidays was to go through all the toys with my two children and hopefully remove some of the ones we don’t use any more. Our house isn’t terribly big, and the two boys share a room, so most of their toys are out in our lounge/dining area, stored…

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