Your child's gut, second brain, plays a vital role in their overall wellbeing. We know that the bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract help control the immune system - how it fights off colds and...
4 Ways to boost your child’s gut health
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The Importance of Imaginary Play and how it equips our Children for Jobs of the Future
From around 14 months of age, you will notice that your toddler is starting to imitate roles that they see play out in your home. For example, while you are feeding them, they also want a spoon and...
Top Tips for Play
What are your top play tips? With so much information on play and so little time, I hope that some of these tips will help to ease the load in our ‘perfect parenting’ world. Sometimes it is good...
Learning Series – Heavy and light, sink and float
Learning about opposites teaches children vocabulary, deepens their understanding of the world around them, and helps them to compare different things. Opposites help children gain a concrete...
Ditch the shoes – barefoot is better!
“Aren’t those little shoes absolutely adorable?” are words all moms have uttered while shopping for clothes for their little ones. But does the adorable completion of an outfit outweigh the...
Learning Series – Learning our Shapes
Teaching children shapes is incredibly important! It promotes a range of skills including: Pre-reading and writing skills, communication skills, creative skills, sorting and classification skills,...
TOYS and PLAY from babies to pre-schoolers!
Children love toys, and the correct toys can help in our children’s development. Toys can help build creativity, imagination, gross motor, and fine motor skills and of course, can provide limitless...
Dinosaur and flower vetkoek
My children love cooking with me, and I am always looking for new ideas to keep them entertained. We have a few regular fun kitchen activities, but making dinosaur and flower vetkoek, is one of our...
Parenting in a Pandemic: Having grace for yourself is key!
Thoughts of 2020 and 2021 may be associated with anxiety, turbulence, and being thrown in the deep end without knowing how to swim. All the more so if you find yourself navigating how to parent...
Making your own obstacle course at home
Helping children stay physically active is essential to promoting healthy habits that last a lifetime. The aim is to keep the activities fun so young children can figure it out on their own. Outdoor...
Learning Series – Can you pretend you’re an ANIMAL?
Did you now that pretending to be different animals and moving like animals helps to develop imagination, visualisation, creativity and … body awareness! Why not play these simple games with your...
Finding Your Balance
Balance is the foundation of gross motor and sporting skills. Definition of balance: An even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady. Today we are so busy...
Best shoes for Babies and Toddlers
We South Africans have always been told how our grandparents walked to school barefoot until they reached high school age, and then only then could their hardworking parents eventually afford to buy...
How to keep your child’s brain nourished during exams
Exam season can be very demanding on young minds. With technology always changing, today's children are relying on their ability to focus more than any other generation before them. One way of...
Learning Series – Eye Hand Coordination – Fun with Scarves
We all have a scarf or two in our wardrobe, and if not, we certainly have a dishcloth. It’s amazing how much one can do with a piece of cloth! From throwing and catching to playing peek a boo,...
GRAVITY – A missing link in child development
Ground-breaking book: The influence of gravity on your child’s development Gravity, a missing link in child development by Dr Melodie de Jager, Dr Oleg Efimov and Victoria Efimova (Mind...
Learning Series – Body Art
There are so many fun ways to teach body awareness. Children learn about their bodies through movement, touch and the visual and auditory senses. This game is all about naming body parts and getting...
Heart Shaped Biscuits
Today I decided to get my daughter involved in a heart shape baking activity. My daughter absolutely loves baking and she is a real girl and loves girlie things so pink hearts are just up her alley...