Category: Incidental Learning
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?…
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…
The Low Down On Busy Bags
| January 24, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Busy Bags, Incidental Learning, Projects |
I hate jumping on a bandwagon, and if you’re on Pinterest you’d be forgiven for thinking the whole world does Busy Bags, or Toddler Activity Bags. In a chat on Facebook today, however, it turns out that’s not the case, and in fact there are many mothers that don’t even know about them yet. Colour…
How To: Make A Photo Garden
| September 2, 2012 | Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, By Age, Creative Development, Home Education, Incidental Learning, Toddler Crafts |
Did you know that on the other side of the world, yesterday was spring day? If the thought of the end of summer and the approach of winter is a bit upsetting, why not create a brand new garden of your own? This craft activity will bring you the height of summer all year round.
Pick Your Own And Eat It
| August 14, 2012 | Posted by Luschka under Carnival of Natural Parenting, Cooking, Discovering Nature, Food, Foraging for Food, Incidental Learning, Kids in the Kitchen, Seasonal Cooking, Summer |
Welcome to the August 2012 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Farmer’s Markets
Andrea’s Summer Camp At Home : Week 3 – Ocean Theme
| June 30, 2012 | Posted by Luschka under Andrea's Summer Camp At Home, Incidental Learning, On Mama's Mind, Projects, Toddler Crafts |
Colours: Blue and yellow, purple (explore colour mixing) Shapes: Circle, oval, star Sensory: Whipped foam and sea animals (use a squirt of foam, a drop of food colouring and about 1/2 cup water in the food proccessor. I use baby soap) Field trip: Zoo, aquarium, swimming
How To: Make Personalised Wrapping Paper
| June 14, 2012 | Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, Creative Development, Home Education, Incidental Learning, Toddler Crafts |
It’s Father’s Day this weekend, and we’ve been doing little hand made presents to give to the Daddy in our lives. We made a really cute hand print picture frame, and have a dad-friendly shoulder bag for him, so we needed something to wrap it all in, so we made some wrapping paper – although…
Little Cooks – Amazing Apple (Or Berry) Cake
| May 27, 2012 | Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, By Age, Cooking, Food, Home Education, Incidental Learning, Kids in the Kitchen, Summer |
Issue 4 of the Little Cooks Dora the Explorer magazines brings us the Amazing Apple Cake. Unfortunately, by the time I got to actually making the cake, the black spot on my apple had turned into a gaping big hole inside. I didn’t stick around to find that worm. Instead, I found a half a cup…
Issue 4 of the Little Cooks Dora the Explorer magazines brings us the Amazing Apple Cake. Unfortunately, by the time I got to actually making the cake, the black spot on my apple had turned into a gaping big hole inside. I didn’t stick around to find that worm. Instead, I found a half a cup of frozen berries in the freezer, and topped them up to a full cup with boiling water. The result was a delicious, moist berry cake that didn’t last the day – we gobbled it up in one sitting! (more…)
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