Raising curious kids is part two of the mini-series on Family Core Values. In part one that you can read here, I explained how it’s important to have core values for your family just as it is for your business. As it so happens, as I work on setting up my new project 193mysteries, our […]
In light of the George Floyd murder and subsequent actions, it’s important to understand the narrative. I will raise my hands here and say, I am learning, I’m probably going to screw up, I am educating myself and sometimes I won’t get it right. That is how we learn though. I’m listening and I want […]
As I have been working on my new project (more of that soon), I have been thinking about family core values a lot. Partly from a business point of view but also from a personal one. The funny thing is, with the new project the core values for that are exactly the same as our […]
How To Homeschool And Work From Home AKA Resources To Survive School Lockdown *UPDATED March 2020 If you have arrived here because you and your kids are on lockdown, welcome! I wish we were ‘meeting’ under better circumstances. About me, I not only homeschool but work from home by helping other moms set up […]
First things first, it sounds crazy to be talking about good things about Corona Virus. You are right. This Corona Virus sucks, it’s horrible for anyone who gets it. Scary for anyone who is on the vulnerable list and a royal PITA for businesses, travellers, parents and anyone in between. Although most of our kids […]
These are the type of activities that hone your child’s pincer gripe so that they can hold a pencil properly and also help with hand and eye co-ordination. Recent research on kindergarten fine motors kills and executive function had findings indicating that both fine motor skills and executive function measured at kindergarten entry predicted growth […]
Why is it when kids come along our once beautifully styled home ends up looking like Toys R Us on steroids? And it’s funny that with the first child we tend to fuss over the child’s environment, making sure the nursery is “just so”. It’s a big event and of course, we want our newest […]
Tell me mama, do you ever go through this annoying cycle… You do the bulk of your work through the week so that you can have downtime with fun family activities at the weekend but then you end up doing all the boring stuff at the weekend? For us, we would do the cleaning laundry and […]
Two Ways To Boost Your Child’s Confidence 1. Using Music To Help Kids Be More Confident You don’t need me to tell you about the power of music. We all know how hard it is to resist the beat of a good track, before long your toe is tapping and quite possibly you’ll be humming […]
Kids learn through play and activities. While watercolour painting and artworks are fun and educational, cleaning after their mess is absolutely not. We just don’t have the luxury of time spending an eternity on our knees, scrubbing and brushing all the dirt away. It may be tempting to just give them mobile phones and tablets […]
