It’s been so hot lately! We hope you’ve all been managing to cope with it and even enjoy it. The hot climate is one reason why a lot of people choose to live on the Gold Coast. We certainly hope that you’ve been able to get some time off work so that you can go [...]
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The team here at Friday’s Child Montessori want to wish you and your family a wonderful Christmas and summer holiday period. It’ll be a while until we see our young friends back here at our early childhood centre, as we’re all going to be having a bit of a break. Enjoy this time with your [...]
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One of the good things about summertime is that schools are closed, which means that if you want to go out for the evening, it’s easier to find a helpful teenager to babysit your children – if you haven’t got one of your own. But before you go and grab the 14-year-old next door to [...]
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Summer officially begins on the 1st of December but most of us have probably been feeling the heat a bit already, especially here on the Gold Coast. But the start of December really does start a new season off – the big focus on The Season To Be Jolly seems to emphasis this. School and [...]
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If you were to ask the average person walking down the street what one of the important outcomes of going to school or going to an early learning centre is, they’re likely to mention literacy and learning to read. It’s not surprising, really. After all, we need to know how to read in order to [...]
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About ten to fifteen years ago, more or less, a number of parents were worried about allowing their children to be vaccinated with the combination rubella–mumps–measles jab because a scientific paper had been published that claimed that this vaccine could trigger autism. This paper was later proven to be completely wrong and the doctor who [...]
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It won’t be long until summer is here, and with the warmer weather come more chances to get outdoors and relax. Anywhere outside on a sunny day is good for a picnic, whether it’s a park, the beach or even your back garden. If you have a cricket player in your family, a picnic is [...]
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This writer’s daughter came back from school with a playground rhyme: “The cat’s got the measles, the measles, the measles. The cat’s got the measles – cross your legs, you’re out.” This rhyme was interesting not just because it was a new one for me and it was neither a skipping rhyme nor a handclap [...]
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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 [...]
