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December 6, 2021attunement, Creativity, education, emotions, empathy, play, play therapy

The voice within

I was writing an assignment this morning and came across a brilliant article which got me all fired up about the amazing […]

July 5, 2021July 12, 2021Activity, adventure, attachment, attention, attunement, basic need, child right, choice, communication, connections, craft, Creativity, education, emotions, empathy, feelings, fun, mental health, mother, Parenting, play, toys

You’ve got a friend in me

Does anyone else ever look in their kid’s room and think “this room is bursting at the seams, there is literally no […]

November 23, 2020attachment, attunement, basic need, body, bonding, communication, education, emotions, empathy, expression, family, feelings, individuality, learning, mother, nursery rhymes, Parenting, play, play therapy, singing

Wind the Bobbin Up

Have you ever wondered why it is we sing such bizarre, action-packed songs to babies? I’ve never given it much thought until […]

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020adventure, anxiety, attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, busyness, change, communication, community, Creativity, education, emotions, Exercise, family, family time, feelings, Hope, individuality, indoor, learning, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, play, positivity, self-care, Uncategorized

What I go to school for

To encourage you all, this week has been significantly better. Having taken my own advice last week we have gotten off to […]

March 4, 2020March 6, 2020adventure, attunement, change, communication, education, emotions, family, feelings, learning, Parenting, play, play therapy, positivity, Uncategorized

Learnin’ the game

Today I am sitting looking at the laptop and having what I’m going to call a “blogging blank”. I feel that this […]

February 14, 2020February 16, 2020basic need, busyness, child right, community, Exercise, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, fun, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, park, perseverance, play, positivity, right, self-care, socializing, stress

Park Life

Before becoming a parent one of the things I used to resent was standing, freezing my butt off, with other mums in […]

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019Christmas, craft, Creativity, family, family time, Father Christmas, Holiday, Magic, mother, Parenting, play, positivity, Screen time, seasonal, winter

Do you believe?

My mum informs me that when I was a little girl she had to tell me that Father Christmas wasn’t real as […]

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019Activity, adventure, autumn, family, family time, mental health, Outdoors, play, positivity, seasonal, summer

Autumn Days

I am so incredibly grateful that a season as worthy as autumn follows the summer. Saying goodbye to the warmth and sunshine, […]

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019autumn, busyness, craft, Creativity, education, expression, family, family time, fruit, Holiday, indoor, learning, mother, painting, Parenting, play, positivity, seasonal, tiredness

Bubble Pop

Hasn’t it been nice to have the sun over the last couple of days and appreciate the warmth of it in comparison […]

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019anxiety, attachment, busyness, change, communication, education, family, family time, mother, Parenting, play, positivity, self-care, socializing, stress, talking, tiredness, try, work, work/life balance

Sunday Blues

Sunday afternoon blues…how many of us get that weird sinking feeling as the weekend draws to a close and the impending week […]