on January 2nd, 2012%
Are you ready for a challenge? What’s your very best blog post from the past year? Yes, just one post – can you pick one?
Best of 2011 Blog Hop
For me, I knew it was going to have to be Read more »
on December 31st, 2011%
Start the year as you mean to go on and have some creative fun making a four seasons calendar. It’s a great way to try out four completely different art techniques with your children and welcome in the new year.
I’m claiming no credit for this idea at all, as L made it at school and brought it home as a Christmas gift for the family, but I thought I’d share as I think it’s beautiful and she is really pleased with it.
How to make a four seasons calendar Read more »
on December 30th, 2011%
Are you making new year’s resolutions with your children? We always do and I have lists of the girls’ plans going back a few years now. It’s lovely to look back and see what they were aiming for each time – learning to swim, riding a bike without stabilisers, learning to fly (still working on that one!). This year we have some New Year fairies who are helping us with our wishes – not just plans for ourselves but also wishes we’re making for friends and family and even wishes we’re sending out into the universe for those we don’t know. Here’s how we made our New Year fairies and how our wish tree works. Read more »
on January 5th, 2011%
Do you send thank you cards for your Christmas presents? It’s something I encourage my two to do but I’d like them to think of it as a fun part of our traditions rather than a boring chore. We try to make sure it involves something they love doing – drawing and . . . → Read More: Thank you card calendars
on January 1st, 2011%
Happy New Year!
Are you making resolutions today? What are your hopes for 2011? I’m over at Ready for Ten this week talking about how you can encourage children to dream big and make resolutions of their own. Come on over and let us know what you think.
If you have younger children you might like the New . . . → Read More: New Year crafts and activities
on January 10th, 2010%
My 3 year old is very interested in time at the moment – what day it is, what was it yesterday and is Father Christmas coming again tonight? Young children live so much in the present that the past and the future can be difficult concepts for them to grasp. When my older daughter was 3 . . . → Read More: Teach children about time – make a family calendar
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