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 [...]

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 [...]

Since I have started blogging and posting my ideas and activities I have become aware of the huge world that is out there doing similar things. Although I don’t blog and post just to receive lots of feedback to boost my ego I will admit that it is always lovely to receive a appreciative comment. [...]

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 [...]

Well, it didn’t quite turn out how I expected.  In fact it probably turned out better! We didn’t quite make it to the beach to join in the celebration of Earth Hour with a crowd of like-minded locals. And deep down I knew my other half hated the idea of sitting in a crowd of [...]

This Saturday 28th March, will be the 2nd time I have celebrated Earth Hour for World Earth Day.
This year I am more aware of it and therefore more prepared. So, apart from seeing what special events are being held in our local area (which includes ‘fire-eating’ for some strange reason), we are also going to [...]