How To Stop Cut Apples Going Brown – A Science Experiment
I often hear on our facebook page school mums ask how to stop apples going brown in their kiddos lunchbox … sooooo I decided to do a little science experiment and test out some ideas people had shared on the page in th past to see what worked the best. The 3 ideas I trialled were: 1) […]
One Mum’s Story About Her Relationship With Her Washing
Washing! If you have kids then you usually have an abundance of washing and don’t you know it! I have four kids now and for some reason I have really noticed the increase of dirty clothes since baby number four. I can no longer take weekends off washing. Strangely though I have an appreciation of […]
12 Clever and Cute School Shoe Storage Ideas
School shoes are one of those things that make me a bit cray cray when I see them lying around the house day in and day out. We have come up with a school shoe storage solution that works for our family and helps me stay sane. Below are 12 shoe storage ideas that we […]
One Easy Idea To Help Make Homework Enjoyable And Fun
This post is Sponsored by Scotch® Expressions Tape My first daughter was not the biggest fan of homework right from the get go. It was a weekly drag to get her to do it. We decided not to push her to begin with as we did not want to turn this into yet another battle […]
Science Says Lasting Relationships Come Down to 2 Things …
Written By School Mum Contributor Carla “Science says lasting relationships come down to—you guessed it—kindness and generosity.” EMILY ESFAHANI SMITH. No actually I didn’t guess it, but sure, I’ll go with that. Tell me more. I am genuinely interested as a Single Unmarried Mother of two currently living with an ex I have been separated […]
10 Top Tips from Experienced School Mums To Help Out First Time School Parents
We asked on the School Mum facebook page your best tips to help out a first time school parent and below are the best that were suggested!!
Free Downloadable School Mum Checklist
I don’t know about you but after being home for 6 weeks with multiple children over the school holidays my head is in a tizzy and I am always second guessing myself about whether I have remember everything I need to for getting the kids set for another year at school. So we’ve got your […]
Are You Raising Your Kids To Gamble?
Brought to You by Nuffnang and the NSW Government Most parents teach their kids about the dangers of excess and risky behaviour as they grow up … but is Gambling on your chat list? Gambling is a problem for many adults and it often begins in our formative years as kids and then into our […]
What Getting The Right Fit Looks Like At The Athlete’s Foot
This post is Sponsored By The Athlete’s Foot Getting shoes fitted properly is a pretty important thing in my opinion especially for school since your kiddos have to be in them 6 hours a day 5 days a week. I could not image anything worse than having to wear uncomfortable shoes all day, day after […]
Safer Online Shopping with Masterpass
Brought to you by Nuffnang and Masterpass I must admit that even though I spend half my life online, I still have a little shudder and hesitation entering my credit card details when buying stuff online. This week I signed up for a new service called MasterPass which allows you to purchase online without actually entering your […]