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The Importance of Outdoor Play
We all know that playing outside is good for our kids (and ourselves). So how can we get our minimum of two hours a day outside during busy term time weeks? Here are some ideas to get you started.
30 Things to do in June
Rosie from Five Little Birds shares 30 great activities to enjoy during the cooler months with your children.
1. Make a bird feeder - winter time ...
Raising Musical Kids
There’s a mountain of research indicating that musical training can enhance children’s brains. It improves their communication skills, memory, and ability to pay attention.
Fun with Playdough (including best-recipe!)
Playdough is a safe and soothing material and provides children with a great sense of security - it cannot be ‘done wrong’ and is a satisfying sensory experience.
Reading to your kids is a superpower
Reading aloud to our kids gives them a special kind of access to the wonderful and vivid world of story. That world can take them places they might otherwise be unable to go.
At home with Five Little Birds
We catch up with Rosie from @fivelittlebirds who lives in the Hawkes Bay with her husband and five children, who they homeschool.