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Family Cooking: It Doesn’t Matter if You Burn it.
One project I have on my ‘things to do more of' list is cooking together as a family. I think working together as a family to prepare food teaches practical cooking skills, encourages my sons to try...
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Learning in the Discomfort Zone
I’ve been thinking lately about how learning is something that feels uncomfortable.Feeling like you might fail is risky. Challenging your assumptions, looking deeper and considering alternative...
View Articleinspired by: Sounds and Music of Nature
Some links on listening to and recreating sounds and music from nature …I love the way that the didgeridoo can be used to imitate environmental sounds.Listen to the dawn chorus in various forests...
View ArticleWhy do Bums do Farts? Thoughts on Answering Children's Questions
‘Why do bums do farts?’from my 3 year old son. After I’d finished mentally giggling, I answered …‘as you digest food in your stomach (pointing) and intestines it creates gas that needs to come out of...
View ArticleBlog Changes
I have decided to change the name of my blog to reflect a wider range of topics that I want to write about. Adventures With Kids is now called Indirect Observations.What do you need to do?Head to the...
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Working Up A Lather of Fun with Bubbles
Children of all ages are fascinated by bubbles. Babies love to watch bubbles floating through the air. Eventually they start to turn their head to follow the bubbles and later to reach for them....
View ArticleMy Son Hates to Read and I’m OK with That
Hate might be too strong, perhaps dislike is a better word.I love reading. Reading is my favourite hobby.When I fell pregnant, I read to my bump and I dreamed of the day we would cuddle up together to...
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Book Review - Hikes with Tykes: Games and Activities
The new book “Hikes with Tykes: Games and Activities” (Atiswinic Press) describes how to play more than 100 hiking-related diversions.Book DetailsHikes with Tykes: Games and ActivitiesAuthor: Rob...
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The Little Things that Matter: Play a fun game on your phone
It’s hard to be an interesting, creative, inspired person when you never take time to do things just because you enjoy them, when you never do silly things. I’m going to share some of the little things...
View ArticleInspiration from e.e. cummings
I’ve been bumping into the poetry of e.e. cummings everywhere lately.It started in Singapore. I was there because 3 week old niece was in hospital. She was at NUH (National University Hospital)....
View ArticleLearning All the Time
Learning all the time. Collecting. Research. Creativity. Satisfaction. Interest. Curiosity. What now?Children are relentless learners. They need no reminder to learn. The fear no wrong.Adults...
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A Handful of Paper Folding Projects Boys Will Love
My son has recently developed a slight obsession with paper planes and chatterboxes. He loves to make really tiny versions and has been developing plans with his friends at school to sell paper planes...
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An Invitation to Build: Lego Vehicles
We are on school holidays at the moment. And my boys have begun the holidays in a tired, grumpy need a break way. There has been disagreement about the smallest things and grumpiness that nothing is...
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How to Eat Spaghetti Bolognaise and Other Life Skills.
When I was younger, my parents used to take my sister and I to a local Italian restaurant. It probably wasn’t a very special or fancy restaurant. But to my sister and I it was a great treat to be...
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a handful of Resources for Getting Started with Art Journaling
One of the goals on my life list is to start and keep using an art journal. An art journal is a journal that is created using visual elements (illustrations, collage, painting). You could use it to...
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The Little Things that Matter: Keep Reading
Copyright by Moyan BrennI can’t remember a time when I didn’t love to read. Reading is a comfort. It can distract you when you are over-thinking, comfort you when you are worried or sad, tempt you to...
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How to Have a Messy Weekend
I hope that these pictures speak a thousand words.What my children were doing while I was creating a background in my art journalAnd since they found some syringes, they were inspired to do thisThen,...
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In My Mother’s Kitchen …
I am in my kitchen, making pastry. I add rice flour to the mixer. I cut butter into cubes and slide them into the mixer. The mixer whirrs.I am trying to recreate a taste, a memory from my...
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Three Ways with Playdough
Here are three invitations to your child to try something new with the playdough.Get Cutting! Cutting playdough is a wonderful activity for children in that stage of learning to use scissors and...
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Google-Earthing your children’s questions
You’ve heard of Googling the answers to your children’s questions, but have you thought of Google-Earthing the answers to questions?Google Earth is an amazing tool that allows you to visualize just...
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