Boys and Dolls My follow up to the fabulous post by Kate from Picklebums on "Boy's don't play with dolls or do they?" I do get ask many questions regarding what appropriate toys, boys should be playing with, what long term effects it will have on them and my two regular questions are in the context of boys and dolls "Will it make him soft?" and "Will he be gay?" I can only put these questions … [Read more...]
Apologising “Saying Sorry with Cherry Ripes”
01/05/2011 By 6 Comments
Apologising is the next step After an extremely hectic and stressful at week (nothing new there), with deep issues to deal with at work ,that by the end of Friday , I wasn't sure how I was going to cope with the amount of work piling into the office and the neglect of my household chores. I was obviously tired as my tact and thinking brain left me late on Friday and I manage to inadvertently to … [Read more...]
Dress up games “I’m Dressing Up Today – Lady In Red”
30/04/2011 By 4 Comments
Dress up games are fun Today my hubby is having a Birthday Party, for approximately 70 friends. Now normally I'm not much of a dress up person and I am a happy girl in jeans and a t shirt. Then I remembered my teenage years back in the 80's, getting ready to gout out with my girlfriends use to take me a whole afternoon. Just getting my hair to look big was a major task, plus I had to wear every … [Read more...]
Motherhood “You are never alone”
27/04/2011 By 22 Comments
Motherhood let's get real I'm writing this for all women (especially mothers) out there. I am writing this to say thank you. I am writing this to make you all aware of the amazing talent, the raw honesty , the wealth of information and support there is out on the web for all of you. If you think you are alone and there is no one that understands what you are going through, then let me tell you … [Read more...]
Praising children “My Sh!t Dog” by Mr 5.
23/04/2011 By 24 Comments
Praising children This is a piece of school work, written phonetically by my son when he was five and in prep I love the way young children write as their innocence comes alive on paper. Praising children; tell them the reason His teacher has praised and commented on his work, with the reason as to why it's good. When you praise a child, it is important to explain why you … [Read more...]
Nursery rhymes “The Grand Old Duke of York has left the building….”
20/04/2011 By 2 Comments
Nursery rhymes let's keep singing them He had 10,000 men, He marched them up to the top of the hill, then he marched them down again. When they were up, they were up and when they were down they were down, they were down. And when they were only half way up they were neither up or down. Nursery rhymes we grew up with Can you remember singing your heart out to Nursery rhymes. The Nursery ryhmes … [Read more...]
Visual Aids For Children
17/04/2011 By 40 Comments
Visual Aids for Children assist in behaviour management At Easy Peasy Kids I get a lot of enquiries on how to implement certain rules or boundaries in controlling child behaviour. In my experience I find simple visual aids a fantastic tool to use with children who are two years and older. Children need to understand clearly what behaviour is expected from them at a level they can comprehend … [Read more...]
