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Bug Hunt
My kids are energetic. Very energetic. I think most happy, healthy kids are – but it’s good to slow them down sometimes and help them to notice life’s little things. One way we like to do this...
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Dirt Kitchen Sink
You know that saying, “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure…”?! Never has it been more true. I have been scouring second hand shops and sites for a while now, hoping to find a small sink...
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Finch Love
This Christmas, my husband surprised me with the best present. EVER. Two words: Erythrura gouldiae This handsome guy is a Red headed (dilute mutation) Gouldian finch. Look at that colour! Red headed...
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Playscapes – Front Page News
In case you don’t live in Brisbane’s northern suburbs, and in case you missed the pics on facebook and twitter… yes, my kids were on the front page of the local paper. I might be slightly biased but I...
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Watching Nature Unfold
Miss 5: MUM! You have to see this. It’s weird. And cool. M-U-M! Me: I think that’s a cicada nymph. Can you see the shell underneath? We sometimes find empty cicada shells, don’t we? It looks like this...
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Scientific Literacy
As a keen birdwatcher, Miss 5 knows the scientific names of a few of her favourite species. The first one she learned was Trichoglossus haematodus – the scientific name for a Rainbow Lorikeet. The...
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Tin Can Play and MILO Giveaway
I’m very pleased to be an ambassador for the MILO Play Movement in 2012. Play is a child’s work, and the importance of play in children’s development cannot be underestimated. MILO sent the...
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Holiday Free Play
Here’s the thing about free play: it requires very, very little. Children who are good at free play know how to make their own fun. They don’t need an adult to provide them with toys. They don’t need...
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Bamboo Panflutes
We have bamboo in our backyard that goes wild after good rain. Out of nowhere the spears shoot up, rising way past the top of our 6ft fence, before sprouting leaves. It provides great screening, but...
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Birdwatching With Kids
It’s Bird Week! I don’t really need an excuse to take my kids birdwatching because it’s my favourite weekend activity – but I realise it’s not a usual outing for most families. If you like the idea of...
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