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Back to School: School Shoes

January 20, 2012

I trust feedback from mums more than information on promotional packs, so before I purchased school shoes for my kids, I asked about it on my facebook page. The name Clarks popped up time and time again as being a shoe that is high quality and lasts the entire year (even longer). With school just [...]

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The Small Blessings That Speak Truth

December 11, 2011

I wish I thought to take a picture of all the rubbish that came home in my children’s bags on the last day of school. It was epic!  Think this picture below times at least 100.  This is just the remnants; the stuff that was salvageable. School is finished and I managed to get through [...]

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I Don’t Want My Kids to Be “Smart”

August 2, 2011
raising smart kids

Today’s society seems bent on raising academically intelligent children. There’s talk about what toys children should play with so they will “be smart” and what “brain food” parents should feed their babies. There’s a lot of “smart kid” noise buzzing around. It hurts my ears. Now, I’m not suggesting research is a bad thing but [...]

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What’s the Use of Drama?

June 16, 2011
the importance of drama for children

Guest Post by Susan Stephenson I used to teach drama in my regular classroom. I also taught a drama class outside school hours to kids 7 – 15.  I believe drama lessons and drama activities have so much to offer children. In NSW, drama is part of the Creative Arts syllabus. It might be called  [...]

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5 Ways to Make School Lunches Fun + Giveaway

April 27, 2011

School lunches are the bane of my existence. Yes, it really is that dramatic.  I see the lunch box as some sort of evil monster.  I even wrote about it last year for Coles. (Here it is: The Lunch Box Monster).   I’m always (desperately) looking for ways to feed the rotten creature…and then I met Cath. Cath has [...]

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Children and Coping with Transitions

March 3, 2011

Guest Post by Nicole Grant With some major natural disasters and political events occurring in Australia and around the world recently, there has been much discussion about how kids learn to process and cope with major change. As parents, we generally understand that children will need help to adjust to change and disruption to their [...]

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