Category: Attachment Parenting
Gardening – It’s Like Watching Water Boil, But More Exciting
| May 10, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under 3 - 4 years, By Age, Discovering Nature, Food, Home Education, Incidental Learning, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Raising Conscious Children |
I’m so glad I decided to plant the sunflower seeds the same day as the tomato plants, because for days and days nothing happened. We opened the growing thingy each day to find nothing, except one random weed that popped it’s head out. I was beginning to think the Heinz Grow Your Own tomato plants…
Getting Into Gardening
| May 5, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under 1 - 2, 3 - 4 years, By Age, Discovering Nature, Home Education, Incidental Learning, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Playful Parenting, Projects, Raising Conscious Children |
For the last two years, I have had the worst luck with my garden. What pregnancy didn’t take out of me, sickness and a newborn did, and then, to top it off it rained so much last year that even my mint died. Do you have any idea how hard it is to kill mint?…
Talking To Children About Death
| March 12, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Carnival of Natural Parenting, Consistent Care, Misc, Raising Conscious Children |
Six months ago, my mother was diagnosed with Peritoneal Mesothelioma and told that without treatment she would have four weeks to live. Our visas were taking longer than that to be granted – my mother lives in Australia, I live in England, and the Australian government had no sympathy or compassion and made it as…
Free And Almost Free Resources For Outdoor Activities In The UK
| March 8, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, 3 - 4 years, By Age, Discovering Nature, Home Education, Incidental Learning, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Reading and Resources |
I know in this weather I’d much rather be snuggled up under a sofa reading a book than stomping around cold and damp countryside with a baby and toddler in tow – or more realistically, chasing down a toddler while the baby and I try to keep up. Unfortunately, however, my children aren’t game for…
Can You Help Me Out?
| February 16, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Misc, Reading and Resources, Seasonal |
It’s that time of year again – MAD blog awards nominations are open. Acutally, they are almost closing, but what with everything that’s been going on here in Australia, with sickness, babies, birth, friends, treatments and heat waves, I pretty much haven’t had much chance to hound ask or beg plead for your nominations!
I received this from a friend on Facebook and I just love it. I don’t think I’ve seen a simpler list. Of course, now the trick is to take it from the paper and put it into practice. We’re working on that.
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