Helping Your Child Succeed at Reading
Reading is a skill that is so important, not just at school, but in your everyday life. You gain knowledge from reading and the joy of reading a good book cannot be underestimated as it transports you into another world. I realise that most parents have little time for a good book when their children […]
Handy Hints For Home Reading
Home reading is a part of every school age child’s family’s routine. Love it or hate it, practise makes perfect so it really can’t be avoided. Ideally, Home Reading is an enjoyable time where you and your child can snuggle up and share a story, information or a laugh but all too often it ends […]
How To Manage all those Devices Charging
I am setting up a new cupboard office and the shear number of electronic devices to charge was becoming crazy! I hacked a cheap officeworks product for a solution. Step 1 I purchased 2 x 3 draw filing units which neatly stack and are only about $16 each. (Lots of colours too – I used […]
5 Tips For Starting School Well
Being a School Mum can be very overwhelming at times particularly if you are going on this journey for the first time. I went in blind without too much information from anybody as my daughter was the oldest in my whole family to go to school so I had no sibling or friends really to […]
Summer Smoothie Tips
I am a recent re-convert to the humble smoothie … easy to make, pretty easy to clean up and delicious … did I mention healthy and filling hahaha. About 3/4 cup orange juice, milk, soy milk, rice milk, or almond milk 1 cup berries, fresh or frozen 1/2 cup plain yogurt 2 to 3 fresh […]
Teaching Kids Their Tables
My kids struggled remembering their basic tables and number facts and it gets boring writing them out or reciting them … so I made a quick tool to help them and turned it into a bit of a game. Each morning as a part of the routine (before any fun), the kids had to complete […]
Christmas Ideas for a 6 to 7 Year Old Girl
So, Christmas is coming and your little girl has been telling you the 1001 things she wants for Christmas but you are stumped as to what to get her . There are plenty of options as to what to do for your growing girl. Music. No matter the age of any little girl they are […]
The Messy Shoe Dilemma
Love your family, but don’t love tripping over their shoes all the time? Does is seem like no matter what you do the shoe pile just grows, looks terrible and makes you want to pull your hair out? You have been searching for a solution, and nothing has worked. Many Mums have had the same […]
Simple Tips Encouraging your Kids to do Their Homework
Some kids love to learn and will happily do their homework with no encouragement at all. With others, it isn’t always that easy! Below are some tips on successfully getting your kids to do their homework. – To begin with, set the boundaries and expectation of homework. Ask them when they would feel most productive […]
Tips for Keeping Kids Safe Online
In today’s society it is very difficult to keep kids off the internet. Online activity has swiftly become a part of everyday life. We are all aware of the dangers that are out there, but thankfully there are also many options which allow us to monitor our children’s actions online. To do this, you don’t […]