Monthly Archives: October 2011

A Little Reading Corner

With the days getting shorter (& darker..) we find ourselves spending more time in. For a little while now it seemed the Nature Table was in the wrong place, and so we swapped some things around, moved a few of … Continue reading

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Dealing with Anger in Children : Own your Anger : Make an Anger Puff

A very useful tool for dealing with an angry child is to help them own their anger, to realize the signs, and eventually reasons for their anger. When I was talking to my amazing somewhat-sister Vikkibum the other day, we … Continue reading

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Meditation for Kids : Dealing with Anger in Children : Make a Calm-Down Basket!

We have been having a few problems with anger around here recently, so we made a calm-down-basket. Inside our basket are quite a few short books, (No more than 5 minutes.) some books about feelings, (including “Mad isn’t Bad” , … Continue reading

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Kid’s Clothes Review : Mini Boden

As you probably know we are quite picky when it comes to kid’s clothing , we only buy high quality materials from shops with a good philosophy, so I don’t have to tell you how excited I was to hear … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Carving

We have been getting ready for Halloween by doing a few spooky crafts and carving this tiny little pumpkin. Very messy, and definitely lots of fun! We will have to make some more! Wishing you a lovely day!

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Grateful Friday

This Friday I am grateful for fuzzy friends and creative play, for a game of Mancala at least twenty times a day, and for reading and sharing this special story with Emily. I am also grateful for making spiced chai … Continue reading

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Busy Week

We have had a very busy week full of meeting friends and doing crafts. We made these beautiful lanterns with our friends from playgroup: Today we had a wonderful visit from our friend Cat and her little ones, we made … Continue reading

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Coconut Craft : African Wall Masks

Sorry for the little break between posts. Thank you for your kind emails, everything is okay, we are just having a few very slow days. Between playgroups , friends and speech therapy there seems little time left to just be … Continue reading

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Summer in October

I can’t believe how hot it is! We spent our first day of October playing outside in the pool down at the quay, the boats gently swaying in the wind while we played. Wishing you a lovely day! ♥

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