Category: Playful Parenting

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
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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?…

How To Make The Most Of A Very Wet Summer

July 10, 2012 Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, Andrea's Summer Camp At Home, Attachment Parenting, By Age, Carnival of Natural Parenting, Colours, Cooking, Discovering Nature, Playful Parenting, Projects, Toddler Crafts
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I’ve often said that I’m not very ‘crafty’ and don’t really enjoy too much ‘messy’ play, but any parent to a toddler knows that that just comes with the territory – either that, or your child’s not having much fun. It’s been a learning experience for me, and I must admit, it’s growing on me.…

Activity Pack Ideas For Older Siblings At A Birth

March 20, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Gentle and Positive Childbirth, Motherhood, Playful Parenting, Pregnancy
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Ideas for keeping a toddler busy during labour and child birth. Activity packs, joint activities and more.

Learning Colours – Make A ‘Book Of Colours’

March 8, 2012 Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, Attachment Parenting, By Age, Colours, Communication, Language and Literacy, Creative Development, Home Education, Playful Parenting
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Continuing on our current theme of colours, and learning colours, we decided to make a ‘book of colours. This took a little bit of ‘setting up’ on my part, but it wasn’t too hard.

Play And Positive Interaction

November 2, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Hands On Play, On Mama's Mind, Playful Parenting, Projects, Reading and Resources
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I’ve been reading a book called ‘Raise Your Kids without Raising Your Voice‘ and in the first chapter Sarah Chana Radcliffe talks about the 80/20 ratio of how we talk to our children.  She says: “Eight out of ten parenting moments should be pleasant ones from the child’s point of view. Ideally, 100% of parental…

How Do I Learn To Play?

February 15, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Playful Parenting
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I made an alarming and dreadful discovery recently: I don’t know how to play. I’ve been trying to think about the games I used to play as a child, and I simply don’t remember any. What I do remember is running drills with my younger sister and brother, timing them to see how quickly they…

Mama Said No. All The Time.

November 23, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Consistent Care, Gentle and Positive Discipline, Playful Parenting
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One day I sat in an adjoining room to where my husband and daughter were. I didn’t know particularly what they were up to, but at one point, a full few minutes of the ‘conversation’ was her Daddy saying ‘No, no, don’t touch that. No Ameli, put that down. No, no, I said no’ and…


One day I sat in an adjoining room to where my husband and daughter were. I didn’t know particularly what they were up to, but at one point, a full few minutes of the ‘conversation’ was her Daddy saying ‘No, no, don’t touch that. No Ameli, put that down. No, no, I said no’ and so on.

I became conscious of how often we were saying no to Ameli and discussed it with my husband. At first he didn’t really think it such a big deal, but he must have become conscious of it, as he started pointing it out to me when I was doing it too.
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