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Quiz – The Baby Edition

November 15, 2011 Life and Living

I should probably call it the reproductive edition, although I’m only looking at animals. But have you ever thought about all the different solutions to passing your genes on? What is the difference between precocial and altricial babies? A nice easy one for Australians – how do monotremes have babies? How is gender determined in [...]

Salt Dough

July 19, 2009 Activities

This is a brilliant thing to play with, especially when you want an indoor activity. It is so easy, even little ones from about 18 months can help make it, plus it’s kneaded rather than stirred. The salt taste is so strong even my kids won’t eat it, and my eldest has been known to [...]

A Little (Science) Lesson on the Side

July 9, 2009 Babies

How do we fit science in as well as everything else we have to do with our kids?

Doing Chores – Vacuuming

July 2, 2009 Activities

The perpetual problem with being a mother is time – how do you get all the chores done when you have children who want your attention every moment? Or if they’re independent, why would you spend your precious free moments on the housework? The solution – put them to work! My eldest was scared of [...]

Jumping in puddles

June 27, 2009 Babies

Activities to do with babies and toddlers when it’s raining.

OK, so what is science?

June 18, 2009 General science

There is a huge body of science philosophy and history that addresses this question. This is not part of it. This blog is aimed at parents, not scientists and philosophers, so I’m not going to throw words like falsifiability* around too much. I’ve seen it claimed that science is on a par with religions, that [...]