You seem to read things in the paper on online every day about the issue of obesity and how we, as a nation, are getting fatter and unhealthier, starting in early childhood. It’s all a bit scary for a parent of pre-schoolers. How do you go about ensuring that your child won’t have health problems [...]
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Some parents who send their children to our Montessori early childhood centre do the Halloween thing and some don’t. But whether you do or whether you don’t, most children enjoy the chance to dress up in a costume at some stage. And seeing as this time of year is when you get nearly every single [...]
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September always seems to be busy month for birthdays. I guess it’s not surprising, really, as September and early October are about nine months after Christmas and New Year. This makes right now a good time to talk about children’s birthday parties and some ideas to make them go off well, whether your child has [...]
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Even if you try to have a household where the TV is turned on as little as possible so your pre-schooler can spend their time more profitably in imaginative play and the like, the rules tend to be relaxed a bit every four years when the Olympic Games come on. It’s certainly the case in [...]
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Now that the colder, darker days of winter are upon us, even though we on the Gold Coast don’t get them to the extent that those further south do, we’re probably more likely to have the lights switched on and use some form of heating in our homes. If you’ve just moved to the Gold [...]
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There’s a lot to love about summer – longer days, a chance to go on holiday, fresh fruit and vegetables in abundance (if you’re a home gardener or if you like to snap up on-season produce at bargain prices at your local supermarket), barbecues and, for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas to [...]
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As any parent knows, children can be very messy. Tidying up after children seems to take forever and more than one parent has been amazed at how much washing can be created by one small person. But now and again, children (and parents) need the fun of being able to play without worrying about making [...]
