Why Boredom Is Good for Kids
Is our desire to keep our kids constantly stimulated actually having the opposite effect?...
20 December, 2019
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DIY Kitchen Garden Wreath
Not just for Christmas, a homemade wreath is a perfect ‘welcome home’ hanging for your front door and a great centrepiece for a table....
12 December, 2019
Family Board Games
From board gaming cafes to a new crowd-funded Jane Austen parlour game started by two Aussie sisters, family board gaming is the new black! So what will be the big game names at Christmas 2019 and treasured year after year? Family Board Games for all ages 1)...
04 December, 2019
Checkmate: the age-old game of chess
In this tech-riddled era, an age-old board game still rules. A two-and-a-half-thousand-year-old board game holds out the promise of getting the kids off screens: chess. A lot of principles are built into the game, explains current South Australian chess champion and Adelaide dad to three children, 25,...
04 December, 2019
How to Create a Backyard Sanctuary for Kids with Disabilities
Children of all abilities and needs should have room to play and explore their world. HomeAdvisor has put together some great ideas to help you create a backyard playground just for them. Play is so important for a child’s development that the United Nations declared play...
19 November, 2019
Testing The Water
When it came to her children’s swimming lessons, Cathy Watson jumped in at the deep end. Many of my friends had children before we did, so we gained from the benefit of their hindsight. But some of their advice left us stranded. “Oh, it’s so easy...
30 October, 2019
Spooktacular Safety Tips for Halloween
Halloween is an exciting time of year for children. Combine dressing up with going out after dark to collect treats and you have child heaven. Being mindful of potential hazards can help to make sure that everyone has a fun, spooky and safe Halloween. Holly (9)...
29 October, 2019
Working For The Holidays
Finding a vacation-care program for a child with special needs is a hard job, writes Heather Golding. It is because of my son’s autism that I have had to continually search for alternative vacation-care programs. “I would like to book my child into a vacation care program...
30 September, 2019
Does your Out of School Hours Care (OHSC) have a screen time policy?
A recent Australian study found that physical activity and screen time practices in Out of School Hours Care (OHSC) services are currently very variable and differ widely between services. Physical activity and screen time in OHSC In Australia, approximately 1 in 10 school-aged children attend formal before-...
19 September, 2019
Project Gardening: Fun for Kids!
As the weather starts to warm up in Spring, we look at some ideas to keep kids away from their digital devices! Gardening gives children a sense of responsibility and accomplishment and makes learning about the environment and the connection between plants and people fun. By encouraging...
01 August, 2019