Archives: Child Development
Gardening with Kids
Posted by Melinda on February 18th, 2011
Spending time in the garden with your kids will not only mean you get to spend some quality time with them, you will all have fun outdoors, your kids will learn a lot and it is a perfect excuse to g...
Posted in Child Development, Craft activities, Food, Play, Sustainability 
Tags: children in the garden, gardening, vegetables 
1 Comment »Our Journey to Homeschooling
Posted by Shae on February 10th, 2011
Tannah turns 6 in April and we have chosen to home school instead of sending her to school. If we were sending her to school she would have started this week so as you can imagine, we've been gettin...
Top 5 Toys for Toddler’s this Christmas
Posted by Melinda on December 3rd, 2010
1. Rainstick Tower
2. Organic Baby Doll Natural
3. Glob Paints
4. Balancing Stacking Rings
5. Wooden Block Trolley
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Connecting Children with Nature
Posted by Melinda on November 12th, 2010
An insight into the importance of the environment in early childhood development and education
Close your eyes and think of your childhood. What did it look like? What did it sound like? What did i...
Making Little Footprints – Easy EC
Posted by Hayley on October 9th, 2010
Whenever I hear the amount of disposable nappies thrown away each day, each week, each year, it sickens me. Whenever I read yet another article claiming that cloth nappies and disposable nappies c...
Born Pre-Polluted
Posted by Dr Sarah Lantz on September 27th, 2010
‘What do I do for a living?’ you ask, ‘I work in research. Projects which slice and dice placentas and umbilical cords and examine the chemical compounds in them’. The response is often one ...
Living Chemical Free Seminar with Dr Sarah Lantz
Posted by Melinda on August 16th, 2010
‘Our Children will ask...What were our parents thinking?
Why did they produce toxic chemicals and then allow them to get in to our bodies?
Were they so arrogant to think that our bodies would no...
Posted in Child Development, Events, Parenting Tags: Chemical Free Kids, Eco Living Workshops, eco parenting, Organic, Sustainability 1 Comment »Play and Learn – Honey Sticks
Posted by Kate on October 6th, 2009
Our two year old got his hands on some lovely new crayons today. Honey sticks are made in New Zealand from pure bees wax and natural pigments and they are beautiful.
He and I sat quietly, on ou...
Posted in Child Development, Craft activities, New Products, Play, Toys Tags: art and craft, play and learn No Comments »Play & learn: Bithday Cake
Posted by Kate on September 29th, 2009
My girls first eyed off this lovely wooden birthday cake a little before their fourth birthday. They excitedly declared that if they were lucky enough to own the birthday cake, they would be able ...
The Importance Of Play
Posted by Melinda on June 28th, 2009
Play is central to every facet of a child's development, yet it is often overlooked and regarded by many as unimportant. In today's fast paced world we seem to value tests scores and academic succes...
