Ice Painting
This ice painting is an easy summertime activity that children will love no matter their age. All you’ll need for this activity is: Water Food…
Zucchini Tots
These zucchini tots are our new favourite vegetable snack! They’re perfect alternatives to potato chips with dinner, or for a snack in your children’s lunch…
Internet Safety For Toddlers
In the past, internet safety for toddlers wasn’t a concern for parents, but in the last two decades, things have changed remarkably fast. Internet connected…
Organisational Skills To Get Through Christmas
Christmas is coming! Most of us get to the start of December and are already feeling overwhelmed by everything that needs to be done before…
Identifying Meltdowns vs Tantrums
Identifying Meltdowns vs Tantrums Tantrums can be a common event in early learning environments, especially in groups of toddlers. Quite often, a tantrum occurs because…
Benefits of Superhero Play
Benefits Of Super Hero Play Parents and early childhood educators know play offers many benefits for young children. Play is a way for expressing feelings,…
Wet Weather Boredom Busters
Wet Weather Boredom Busters - Make your own musical instruments! When rainy weather sets in and you’re stuck inside with cooped up children, it can…
Understanding Gender Neutrality
In very recent years, there has been a remarkable change in the way we’ve become aware of how gender stereotypes are having a negative affect…
Returning to work; the difficulties facing parents going back to work after children.
Most new parents want to take some time off after having a baby. Quite often it’s the mother who stays at home as the primary…
Dealing with Bullying in the Early Learning Environment
Educators in early learning environments have an important role to play in detecting and preventing bullying behaviour in young children. They are among the first…
Clean Up Australia Day
With climate change and pollution becoming ever more immediate concerns, we believe the environment is something that everyone should learn to respect and care for…
Queensland Shopping Centre Sessions
We will be running music, yoga and fitness sessions at Strathpine Shopping Centre and yoga at Bribie Island Shopping Centre and Westfield North Lakes during…
5 Mindfulness Apps For Busy Parents
Life is busy, there’s no escaping it. Add in the challenges and expectations of parenting and it leads to many of us feeling overwhelmed and…
Using Mindfulness To Help Children Settle Into Care
Most early childhood educators know settling a child into a new place is very emotional for both parents and the child. It’s a major transition…
How to raise an empathetic child
Empathy is the feeling of understanding and sharing the experience and emotions of another person. It’s a powerful quality which urges us to treat others…
The Magic of Peek a Boo!
Have you ever wondered why children love playing Peek-a-Boo? Swiss Psychologist, Jean Piaget (1896-1980) explains that up until about 4 months of age a child…
Recycling Craft for Kids!
While everyone is doing their best to avoid single use plastic, there is still the problem of all the plastic bags and wrappers still sitting…
Happy Halloween!
Happy Hallow’s Eve from hey dee hooooooooo! I have to admit, it’s my favourite time of year! Sure, I’ve had over 40 years of experience,…
Tricks to Keep the Kids Entertained in Winter!
Winter in Melbourne… the days are colder, it’s darker, there’s lots of coughs and colds around. Sometimes you just don’t feel like venturing out the…
Music Makes Kids Clever!
When I was a child, I remember taking music lessons which I loved, but my parents stressed to me that while music was fun, I…
The Benefits of Yoga For Children
Many perceive Yoga to be the art of contorting into strange poses, whilst meditating & making ‘ommming’ sounds. Little do most realise, is that the…