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Nine Years

Nine years ago my oldest was born.  She challenged all my pre-existing ideas that I had about being a parent.  She is kind, gently, loving, protective, smart, funny, sensitive to other people’s needs, she is an incredible daughter and the … Continue reading

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Mathlink Cubes Set – a great Maths set for early ages

We have had our snap cubes for over four years now and we love them, so when Learning Resources asked if we would like to test out the Mathlink Cubes Activity Set I immediately agreed. My initial thought was snap … Continue reading

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Equations

Over the weekend my daughter and her dad got into a conversation about equations and how what is on the one side always balances with the other side.  She actually jumped onto the idea and ended up asking more and … Continue reading

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What’s that Building – a Big Cat reader

I love discovering interesting new reading books.  But I must admit upfront that we have often found the different reading series a bit boring, as a result we normally pick library books based on what looks interesting and we often … Continue reading

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Make your own Learn to Draw Book

It is no secret I love “How to Draw” pages and my kids have been using them for some time now.  But I have never really stored them somewhere so often the individual pages would get packed away in-between other … Continue reading

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