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Winter Festival DIY Paper Lanterns
Hooray for winter solstice! Last week was a busy one for our family, getting ready for the winter festival lantern walk held at the Steiner School where we attend playgroup. We enjoyed making paper lanterns both at home and at school for each of us to carry on the big night and we also attended the…
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Baby Sleeping? Quiet Play Ideas For Your Toddler
I’ve heard it said before that a baby will sleep through anything if they are used to being in a noisy house, but apparently my kids never got that memo. Baby J isn’t the best sleeper in the world and, like many women before me, I will go to almost comical lengths to ensure his…
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Lovingkindness Day: Ideas for Giving Back
As part of our weekly rhythm, each day of the week has a theme and Tuesday is Lovingkindness Day. It is an opportunity for both the kids and myself to practice gratitude and undertake random (or sometimes not so random!) acts of kindness for friends, loved ones, our community, the planet or a stranger who…
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Goodnight Autumn: Autumn Crafts in Review
Here in Australia, Winter officially begins today: the first day of June. How quickly Autumn flew by! As a Canadian I’ll admit that Winter in Melbourne is no big deal for me, meaning that the chilly breezes and rainy days don’t bother me all that much. For those reading along in the Northern hemisphere, a…
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Sensory Bins & Small World Playscenes
Alright, I admit, we aren’t really all that strict in our adherence to one educational philosophy. By and large, the majority of what we do is in keeping with the Steiner method of education, however I am also a big fan of some of the methods of learning that fall more under the Reggio or…
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Chore Day: Getting the Kids Involved
We’ve all been there: the laundry is sky high, waiting to be folded and put away; the floors are rank and need a fierce vacuum and mopping; linen needs to be stripped from beds and replaced with fresh sheets; windows need a good wiping down, and the bathrooms…let’s not even go there. Somehow my home…
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Our Week in Review: 28th April – 2nd May, 2014
This week we got up to a bunch of shananigans and I thought it might be helpful to give a whole week’s overview of what we are doing, using this past week as an example. The rhythm of our week is as follows: Monday is Baking Day Tuesday is Lovingkindness Day Wednesday is Gardening Day…
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Baking Day: Chewy Rice Seed Bars
Hooray for Monday – its Baking Day! What better way to start the week than with a batch of something delicious to have on hand in the pantry throughout the week; double points if it’s refined sugar free and can be given to the kids without hesitation, all the better if it’s easy and can…
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Rainy Day Activity: Fishing in the Bathtub
Now that the drought has passed, Melbourne is once again enjoying a more typical Autumn season full of rain, rain and more rain. Our garden is in heaven, and I for one truly don’t mind the endless days of wet: the air is just nicer to breathe, and it also reminds me of home. But…
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Waldorf inspired preschool at home
My firstborn son, Master C, is 3 years old. He is truly one of the most amazing little people you could ever meet in life, if I do say so myself. I don’t take credit for this fact: he was just born awesome. He is articulate, funny, gentle, brave, sweet as pie and incredibly smart. …
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