Inspiring ideas, training and resources for early learning.
When I first went back to work as an educator running a registered child care service from home I knew it was going to be a tough transition after I had been fortunate enough to spend the first few years at home after their birth with just my twins. And I was right. It has been. It still is and…
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Sustainability is a funny word, it’s one of those that has only recently entered our everyday vocabulary and yet for many of us older wiser Mums and educators we recall practising ‘sustainability’ concepts and actions when we were kids or as in my case when we first began working with children. Quite often people cycled to work, made meals last a week or…
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Do you have any Peppa pig fans at your house? I have twin 3 yr olds that absolutely love her and just quietly it’s one of the few shows that I actually don’t mind sitting down and watching with them. That theme song does tend to enter my dreams at night sometimes though which is obviously quite unfortunate 😉 Peppa…
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The twins bedtime is always interesting at our place….I sort of look forward to it but I sort of don’t…as I said, it’s interesting! We have always stuck to a pretty solid bedtime routine right from when they were bubs, I found I had to with twins or everything just fell apart very quickly. When I realised however that Ruby…
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It’s probably a little late to be sharing a Mother’s day gift idea with you but I was so pleased with how these turned out that I just had to share. They are the perfect gift for kids to make for any occasion really so you aren’t limited just to mother’s day. Regular readers will know I love to recycle…
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Over Easter we visited one of our favourite places to go on weekends – Bunnings! This will come as no surprise to those who have been following our landscaping and playspace articles. I do try to use mostly recycled materials but there are also bargains to be had in the shops if you know where to look! And I am…
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