Christmas is upon us once again and so it is time to get on with the decorations! How about making a Christmas Tree from scrap bits of paper, not only is it lovely to look at but it is also a great way to recycle paper and card that is too small to use for [...]

This week is National Recycling Week. To find out more about it click the following link: National Recycling Week. I like to be involved in and encourage recycling as much as I can to my children. One of their chores is to sort the rubbish in to the correct recycling bins each week. This is [...]

Recently my daughter brought a great library book back from her preschool called The Potato People by Pamela Allen. I love books that portray relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren as this is such an important friendship and bond between the two different generations. The story is about an activity they do on a rainy [...]

Children enjoy using a variety of sized paint brushes when creating an artwork. Young children do not need to be limited to using chunky paintbrushes. Give them a variety of sizes including your household paintbrush. This week we used very thin watercolour brushes as the children wanted to paint on small pebbles to make them [...]

We have had quite alot of rain in Australia during these winter holidays. Therefore it was time to come up with some more indoor activities! Luckily I still had a few boxes left over from when we moved house last year and one of them in particular gave me some inspiration…
USEFUL RESOURCES:
cardboard box, tape, stanley [...]

This Saturday there is a full moon, which has inspired this weeks artful project:
Here are the steps we took to achieve this activity:
Step 1 -
Use white chalk to create a circular shape.  Create some shade by using darker shades and smudging the colour in on one edge. Use an eraser to rub out holes to [...]

Well it has been a week now since Earth day and my local beach put on special activities for the day on Saturday 24 April. My family and I took a lovely walk along the pedestrian track which curves around the costline to reach Shelly Beach in Manly. All along the track were placards with [...]

The rain is pouring down, my son is home sick 2 days before they break up for the Easter Holidays and we have 2 young cousins staying. This almost sounds like it could be a disaster, but actually the timing is perfect. I now have 4 children of various ages willing to do some creative [...]