Posts tagged as:

children

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 [...]

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 [...]

Website Review: Some online games

June 20, 2009 Activities

This might be a bit controversial, I’m sure there will be people who dislike the idea of small kids and computer games. My reasoning is that computers are here to stay. They are going to be the main way our children communicate – this is how they will get information and how they will work. [...]

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 [...]

Torch Chasey!

June 16, 2009 Activities

An easy indoor activity to do with mobile babies and toddlers, with lots of extensions.

Website Review: CSIRO

June 13, 2009 General science

The Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia’s national science research facility. The have partnerships and work in agriculture, mining, environmental and health sciences among others. The home page is quite clear with different sections easy to find. Overall the site is easy to navigate, it has small pages with lots of links so you [...]