You need to get a copy of this book! Jean Van’t Hul, who many of you will know from her wonderful blog The Artful Parent, has a brand new book full of ‘simple ways to fill your family’s life with art and creativity’. The book, The Artful Parent, is packed full of inspiring ideas to try. Here’s a peek inside at one of the activities, together with a super-easy-to-enter competition where one of you can win a copy.
Cheep Cheep Farm! imaginary play Easter activities
Welcome to Cheep Cheep Farm! Here’s a fun idea that brings some imaginary play to your Easter activities. We’ve got pretend play, math games and reading and writing sneaked in too.
Welcome to Cheep Cheep Farm! [Read more…]
Don’t let Nurturestore disappear!
Nurturestore is three!
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Pretend play post office
‘No! Don’t talk to me Mummy. Send me a letter!’
Our house has been transformed this week with the creation of a pretend play post office. Children who used to run off into the garden at the sight of a pencil and piece of paper are getting up early to check their mail and write replies. Everyone is excited to find mail waiting for them outside their bedroom door when they wake up in the morning and lots of kind wishes are being expressed between siblings in their correspondence. The children are putting in plenty of writing practice too of course and learning the value of letters – making their mark with a practical purpose and having lots of fun as they learn.
How to make a pretend play post office [Read more…]
Talking to children about cancer
How do you go about talking to children about cancer? When someone in the family is facing cancer and you are dealing with a painful range of emotions yourself it can be hard to know how best to involve your children. Do you shield them from the situation or be open with them and show your own upset?
A teacher at my daughters’ school died recently. She was a much loved and respected member of the school community and had been teaching the very youngest class in the school. The children were just four and five years old and the teaching staff made the decision to involve them, and the rest of the children at the school, in a very thoughtful process of understanding what had happened to their teacher. The whole school was involved in creating a very personal and joyful remembrance of their teacher, combining stories, poems, pictures and memories, which I believe gave them all the opportunity to learn many lessons about love and caring, grief and remembrance as well as coming together as a community to support each other and think about what is important in life.
Having seen myself how sharing with children what is happening and giving them ways to be involved in the circumstances has helped my own daughters, I am very pleased to be able to tell you [Read more…]
A simple thing: dinner by candlelight
Do you light candles at your dinner table?
We always ate together as a family as I was growing up and it’s a tradition that I have been mindful to pass to my children. The simple ritual of lighting candles starts our evening meal together each night and seems to have a magical effect.
There’s always the last minute hustle and bustle as the food is served and everyone takes their place but the striking of the match [Read more…]
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