Have you considered creating a Book Corner for your Groovy Adventurer? We all know how important reading is for our precious little ones, but is there a special place in their room/playroom or your living area for their books? A book corner can be created in a very small space with just a little creativity! …
Next week Tuesday (30 July) is the International Day of Friendship! We found a lovely project for little friends to create together, check out http://www.crayonfreckles.com/2011/11/days-of-creation-sensory-activities.html?m=1 for some detailed instructions. The activity is a lovely sensory bin that your little groovy adventurers can create themselves and at the same time it tells the Creation story. Using …
*How do you know which school will be a good fit?* While it may be tempting to send your groovy adventurer to the same school at the same time as his closest friends, (or the children of your closest friends!) it is vital to choose a playschool best suited to his temperament and developmental stage. …
We made a holiday “bucket list” for these winter holidays so that we could think about what we wanted to do, let everyone have a chance to add an activity (or five!) and then see what the weather would allow and which friends could join in when! Recently a friend told me about a …
If your little one is anything like my little Shiloh, then keeping warm this winter can be a test of patience at times! Shiloh would fit well on a nudist colony for sure and she definitely has a warped sense of temperature because when I am freezing, she seems hot?! It feels like every time …
If you have ever sat back, as I am sure most of you have, and watched your little Groovy Adventurers playing, haven’t you been awed by just how amazing their play is, even from such a young age. I just love watching children’s play skills mature and develop. It gives me such a kick to …
I grew up in a small household, my mom raised me as a single parent so she was my mom, my dad, my aunt, uncle, granny and grandpa! She must have been very good at this because I didn’t seem to miss having extra family members or seem to realise something was missing! Now however …
Carly and I made a *Play Date* for our 4 Groovy Adventurers…an ACTUAL play date! There were no computers, no cell phones, no iPads, no talk of what needs to be done or what work we still need to complete to meet our deadlines! We just PLAYED:) Sometimes we played with and other times we …
If you are one of those wiper moms, who hovers like a helicopter, wet wipe in hand….or maybe if you just have to fight that urge to constantly clean your little Groovy Adventurer’s grubby face and hands…then this post is for you!!!! Getting messy is more than just loads of fun…it actually is quite …
Today I am feeling totally exhausted and am wondering how did I go from being so thankful, literally on my knees on Sunday, thanking God for my amazing family…to wishing I could just run away from it all on Friday?! Am I Psycho?! No…I am a mom, and a working mom at that! For those …
