by Rebeckah Hunt
I love this time of year, Christmas is coming and the excitement is brewing with all the decorations, lights, talk about Father Christmas and summer holidays. In the past, I have always found the month of November stressful. Before Frankie was born I worked in a role where I had a very large scale event…
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Mid to late spring is Elderflower season. These beautiful flowers make the most amazing cordial and it is very simple to make. Elderflowers are everywhere, once you know what you are looking for, you will spot the trees all the time. Usually growing along the roadside, near rivers and parks. Before you head off to…
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It’s nearly that time of year again, officially 97 sleeps till Christmas, well there may be less depending on when you read this blog. But it’s that time of year when we need to organise ourselves to buy presents or hand over our Christmas wish list. One of the things that is always on my…
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It’s crazy isn’t it, that we often miss visiting interesting places in the area that we grew up in for various reasons. We may have driven past such places and thought, I must stop in there one day, and it just never happens. Or sometimes you don’t even know something exists until you have children…
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This week we have been lucky enough to review a loose part crate from Crate Wonder. I found Crate Wonder on Facebook, I loved the crates they sell and their philosophies are in line with my own philosophies of play. Owners Kelly and Bianca work in childcare and are passionate about heuristic and open ended…
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We all have that container of interesting objects, screws, ties, metal things, we can’t throw because one day we may just remember what they are off, and everyone has a jar of Kinder Suprise Toys or something collected from the supermarket or gas station that the kids play with for all of five minutes before…
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Over the past week, I have posted a number of photos of Alex and Frankie playing with loose parts on our social media pages. The weather is starting to warm up, so I wanted to have a few new items in the back yard that the kids could play with. I always find…
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Exploring in the dark is super exciting for children, and not only is it super exciting it’s also really good for their sensory development. So be open to adventures which take children into the dark or outside at night time. Alex and his cousin Meeka were so excited when we told them we were going…
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This week is World Breastfeeding Week. Two years ago when I was pregnant I would not have even begun to imagine that I would be celebrating World Breastfeeding Week in 2017 while still breastfeeding Frankie. What an amazing feat! Breastfeeding for nearly two years! I am celebrating because breastfeeding isn’t an easy journey, and…
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About the time I started writing my Kidsplaynz blog, I was also starting on a journey of finding out about alternatives to starting school at five years of age. The idea of children still starting school at five years has plagued me for so long, and especially since I have discovered the wonderful world of…
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