My children are becoming more independent every day. Master 6 and Miss 4 have been making their breakfast, with varying degrees of success, for about 6 months now. This is, I’ll admit, often a messy way to begin the morning but their skills have improved out of sight and the biggest issue we run […]
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Ok, I have a confession to make…I love Lego. As a learning tool and platform for unlimited creativity and imagination it is fantastic. It’s also durable and long lasting. We have found that each of our children, no matter their temperament or interest, all enjoy Lego. Master 6 is a choleric/melancholic on the autism
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Miss almost 5 will start school in a few weeks. She will turn 5 just 2 days after starting Kindergarten and whilst you may think that making the decision to send her to school as a young 5 year old was an easy decision, it hasn’t been and I still pray that we are
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This year my children have discovered scissors in a big way. And I know from experience that scissors, in the hands of a small child, and hair are not a good combination. The first haircut of note was not noticed until the morning after it had occurred when my four year old daughter woke
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I don’t know about your kids but mine fight over the silliest things, and as a parent with as little patience as I possess, this can be frustratingly regular. And yet, fighting is natural, age appropriate response so I began to consider what the silver lining of my children’s fighting might be. Here are
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Sometimes you may wonder how one sibling differs so much from another! Even though we are all born with different personalities and temperaments, you may still get a sweet, delightful and easygoing child in the family and another child who is also gorgeous but may constantly be pushing at your buttons!! Identifying Triggers What makes your child
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Deciding on where to send your children to school can be a daunting one. But what does our faith require of us with regards to our children’s education? ‘As those first responsible for the education of their children, parents have the right to choose a school for them which corresponds to their own convictions.
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We all have a favourite Disney princess – admit it. They were the backdrop of our childhood and some films resonated with us more than others. I always loved ‘Sleeping Beauty’ but the Disney princess I found the most in common with was Belle. She was an avid book reader with a huge imagination
Disney Princesses: Redesigned Read More »
Miss 4 was caught stealing the other day. Caught red-handed, and slightly guilty, though more upset that she was caught rather than upset at having done the wrong thing. Basically, it was a shopping trip like any other, except intentionally speedy. I had all four of my children with me, as it was the
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Wouldn’t it be nice to return to our childhood? Often it seems that all children do all day is play. And of course, they do! They flit from one activity to the next like busy little bees and always seem to be entertained or distracted with something. In a ‘First Steps’ course I attended
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