The Waiting Game
Waiting in a restaurant, a traffic jam, an airport or any confined space with restless children can be a challenge. The clamour is rising, your head…
The Road Well Travelled
I do believe that the journey is more important than the destination. I even try to live that way, but when I traveled with our four frisky children…
Taking Care of the Earth
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
These three simple concepts can help us to live more lightly upon the earth. The following projects honour the…
Rainy Day Activities and Games
On good days in the winter I wrestled our four children into rain gear and we would splash outside into puddles and parks. On bad days I wished…
Comfort and Joy: Making time for handmade gifts
Families live at a fast pace these days. For many of us there are sports practices and games, appointments and meetings, homework and play-dates…
Instead of TV: Projects and Activities for Better Brains
Children are the best teachers of creativity. Watch them! They are unafraid to ask questions, even if they sound like dumb or obvious questions. They…
Fifteen-Minute Field Trips
‘Tell me and I will forget: show me and I may remember: involve me and I will understand.’ Confucius Some of the most robust learning…
Expanding the World with Science
Even more than school, it is the home that is the seedbed of curiosity and wonder. When you set aside a few moments a week to do in-home science…
What diet is best?
‘Eat this eat that, don’t eat this don’t eat that’ advice is every where but who do we listen to? I have been a…
Teenagers Wellbeing
This issue we will focus on older children’s health. Teenagers suddenly find themselves in a phase of whirling emotions from…