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Babies

Can You …

December 15, 2011 Activities

For us, our bodies are familiar and generally predictable. We know what we can do, we are confident in our movements. But this is something that babies and children need to learn. For my little drama princesses, getting a camera out is a sure-fire way to get them to try new things Can you kiss your [...]

Sparkles

November 24, 2011 Activities

Little girl loves gluing at the moment. She doesn’t care if it’s a stick or brush, the sheer pleasure of spreading glue around is enough. It’s even more important than actually sticking anything to the glue, which is driving the control freak in me mad. In a bid to make it a bit different I’ve [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Playing

November 16, 2011 Babies

Have you realised how much science there is in a playground?

Fishing for Magnets

September 29, 2011 Activities

The little girl loves playing with magnets, I think it’s because they make things stick together or move and it feels like magic. She’s doing more artwork and keeps going back to arrange it all perfectly on the fridge, moving and re-moving everything to where it fits best for the next ten minutes. She’s also [...]

Blowing in the Wind

September 22, 2011 Activities

I love wind. As I’m supposed to have been writing this I’ve actually been watching the chooks out my window with their tails being blown over their backs. (On a side note, we shut the door so they couldn’t get to their nesting spot in the shed and they’re really upset. They keep trying to [...]

Babies and Bodies (aka 18 Baby Games)

September 15, 2011 Activities

I know I talk about ‘the five senses’ a lot but it’s quite a bad habit because it’s actually wrong – we have far more than five. And I don’t mean some type of mystical sixth sense or seeing dead people. Two other senses that are important are the sense of balance and proprioception. The [...]

All anti-vaccination rhetoric is conspiracy theory. Yes, you too.

September 6, 2011 Babies

It’s my soapbox and I haven’t jumped on for a while. And now that I’ve done the controversial headline I’ll put in the caveats. Most people concerned about vaccines are, as a commenter on an earlier vaccine post put it, relatively balanced parents holding a newborn in their arms. And it’s hard. I get that. I’ve [...]

Collaboration Links

August 1, 2011 Babies

The theme for this month’s Teach/Learn was collaboration. As well as writing myself, I’ve been looking for other articles about collaboration, including a beautiful video. Catherine at Adventures With Kids worked together with her family to create a wheelbarrow garden. Deb at Science@home gave some tips on how you can get your kids collaborating – [...]

Bombs Away! or Making Moon Craters

July 28, 2011 Activities

Or dropping marbles. Whichever sounds more exciting to your kids. I’m rearranging things and putting the activities on Thursdays rather than Fridays, there will be something completely new tomorrow. This week was very simple – we half filled a plastic container with flour then dropped marbles and balls into it. It was lots of fun, [...]