Sep 29

Sep 29 Kids in the Kitchen - Part Two

adventure, cooking, creativity, dinner, family, Fine motor skills, food, fun, fruit, Kitchen adventures, motor skills, pre-schoolers, Science, senses, toddlers, vegetables

Some more inspiration for cooking with the young people in your life.

Jul 31

Jul 31 Kids in the Kitchen - Part One

Sarah Clarkson

adventure, babies, breakfast, creativity, dinner, family, Fine motor skills, food, fun, Kitchen adventures, motor skills, play, pre-schoolers, Science, toddlers, vegetables, cooking

Cooking with kids. Does this make you think “giant mess” or “a whole lot of fun”? Part One is to inspire you to get prepared and bravely include your child/ren in kitchen adventures.

Oct 18

Oct 18 Nests

Sarah Clarkson

babies, books, Bugs, creativity, family, Fine motor skills, fun, games, heavy work, motor skills, nature, outdoor play, play, pre-schoolers, Science, Spring, toddlers

Nests are everywhere at the moment! Here are 3 ideas to incorporate “nests” into your family play this week and beyond.

Aug 6

Aug 6 Making a mess

Sarah Clarkson

art, babies, breakfast, creativity, dinner, family, food, fun, games, Kitchen adventures, mud play, nature, outdoor play, painting, party, play, pre-schoolers, sensory, toddlers, vegetables

Whether it be indoors or outdoors, with food, mud or paint…creating space for you and your children to make a mess can be a fun, dynamic and satisfying way to spend time…lockdown or not.

Aug 6

Aug 6 Small joys - Favourite smells

Sarah Clarkson

art, babies, family, food, fruit, games, nature, outdoor play, play, pre-schoolers, Science, sensory, toddlers, senses

Jul 3

Jul 3 Cloud Appreciation

Sarah Clarkson

art, babies, craft, family, games, literacy, motor skills, nature, outdoor play, painting, pre-schoolers, Science, sensory, toddlers

Need to give your mind a rest? take a moment to look up and watch the clouds go by…

Apr 23

Apr 23 Rainbows in the Kitchen

Sarah Clarkson

art, Autumn, babies, breakfast, construction, craft, dinner, finger play, family, food, fruit, games, literacy, sensory, vegetables, toddlers, Kitchen adventures

With so many people stuck at home in Australia joining the Rainbow Trail, what a great opportunity to join in by bringing the rainbow inside too.

Feb 21

Feb 21 Little Scientists

Sarah Clarkson

art, babies, construction, dinner, family, food, motor skills, mud play, outdoor play, pre-schoolers, sensory, toddlers, vegetables, Science

Inside babies and children there is an overwhelming desire to play, to experience and to make sense of themselves and their world. They’re all little scientists!

Dec 18

Dec 18 "Good Enough" meals

Sarah Clarkson

babies, breakfast, dinner, family, food, fruit, games, motor skills, outdoor play, toddlers, vegetables

Do you ever feel like you “should” be making a “proper” dinner every night? If you have the time and energy every day for this, then that is wonderful, but if you want to cheat a little on preparation time, but not on food quality then read on. I’ll give you some tips to create a nutritionally-balanced, easy-to-prepare meal. It just takes a good balance of a little bit of this and that.

Nov 28

Nov 28 Mini Garden

Sarah Clarkson

craft, family, food, games, motor skills, outdoor play, pre-schoolers, sensory, toddlers, vegetables

Do you remember sprouting carrot tops as a child? Delight in the wonders of vegetables!! See what you can get growing in your little mini garden and you may be suprised to discover just how much life is still left in boring old vegetable scraps.