Parenting
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Helping Your Child Stay Organised at School*
Little Miss has now been at school for almost a year and a half. In the beginning it was mainly play, but as she grows we’re starting to get homework, difficult reading assignments and topic work. Understandably it’s sometimes hard for her to stay focused both in class and at home trying to complete homework. She’s just 6 and we get up in the morning at 7:30, leave the house at 8:30 and she doesn’t finish until 3:20. For such a small child it’s a lot and although she’s smart (more creative than academic though) I worry that without my help she’ll become bogged down with everything and lost in…
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5 Things to Include in an Easter Basket for Kids*
It’s 5 weeks on Friday until Good Friday, who can believe that Easter is coming around so soon? I’m not usually one for rushing the year away but I know once Easter is out the way we’ll be heading straight for our holiday to Walt Disney World. Of course that doesn’t mean I’m off the hook when it comes to all the events that are in between. Easter is the biggest but I also have my Dad’s birthday, my birthday and Mother’s Day. I’m all sorted for Mother’s Day and I’ll have a post up about it in the next week or so, but Easter, I’m only just getting started…
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Theming a Child’s Bedroom for Amateurs*
Little Miss’ bedroom has been a working progress for almost a year now, and I am so ashamed of this. Our house kind of takes a back seat to having adventures because realistically on one income I can only afford one or the other (and this is one of the reasons I don’t drive or have a car). As long as the house is clean, I’m happy. We have paint peeling, worn carpets and I desperately need a new mattress. But having a life time of adventures is way more important to us that material possessions. But LM’s room, I feel like that should be finished and that’s one of…
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The Significance of Colour in Early Years Development *
As well as numbers and the alphabet, learning colours should be a big part of early years development. At first, baby is born with monochrome vision and is unable to distinguish the difference between colours, it is not until around 8 months when their colour vision is fully developed. By 3-4 years, a child can begin to recognise and name basic colours as frequent exposure can help strengthen this skill. Aside from grabbing a child’s attention, colour can help improve skills and well-being. Infinite Playgrounds, educational play area designers, have provided us with more of an insight. The Development of Colour As scientific research has proven, a baby is not…
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12 Days of Christmas – Christmas Eve Box
As I mentioned in my Christmas Traditions I Love post, one of my favourite traditions is the Christmas Eve box. I started this tradition for Little Miss when she was a baby having seen other parents doing it and it being all over Pinterest. We always had to wear old pjs on Christmas eve then get new ones for Christmas which made no sense. This way LM is all clean and in new pjs for when Santa comes. It’s also a really nice way to kick off Christmas. There are also things in the box that will keep her busy on Christmas eve while mummy cleans (anyone else clean like…
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12 Days of Christmas – Christmas Traditions I Love
I can’t believe in 12 days time it’ll be Christmas Day! That’s come around fast. I did originally want to do Blogmas but I’ve been so busy with work, stuff to do with LM and getting ready for Christmas, it just didn’t happen. However, I’ve managed to get enough Christmas content to do 12 Days of Christmas on the blog, starting today with Christmas Traditions I Love. These traditions are exclusive to my little family, we are not religious and although LM looks at the Birth of Jesus at school, and even does a Nativity, she’s well aware it’s simply a story and enjoys it for that. We celebrate Christmas…
