To Valentine or not to Valentine… some heartfelt ideas to celebrate love with children
Here we are at the begining of our playgroup term, we are in peak summer and the energy is as high as the sun is warm. Valentines day falls within the first few weeks of term and is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the love between parent and child and for showing and modelling gratitude for the world around us. I know the commercial side of valentines day focuses on romantic love and lavish gifts, but, I cant help but feel that something gets lost in between? I have always celebrated love and kindness on valentines day with my own children and in
Allowing Space For Wonder
A few weeks in to our home-schooling journey and we have already hit a few metaphorical bumps in the road. It turns out that home-schooling 'can' - but not always, seem a lot like normal parenting, yet magnified. The feelings, the house work, the love the laughter and the tears. As we slowly forge our way as a home-schooling family, I am beginning to open up to new ideals and ways of being. We are learning quickly that there are no right or wrong ways to do this, and the thing that will hold this ship together is and always
In The Beginning: How I Found Our Rhythm
When I was first arriving at the concept of daily rhythms in a more planned sense, it was just about five years ago, I was a mother to an energetic only just two year old boy and a new baby who liked to nurse, a lot, like around the clock, I can not remember him ever not attached. I was touched out, actually let's rephrase that
Morning Rituals for Children
The morning, the most important part of our day as parents. It seems, if I greet the morning unprepared the rest of our day seems to slowly fall a part. Especially if we have some place to be. I have made a conscious effort to really start our mornings with ritual. Rituals are acts that we come to with love and reverence. They are the foundations that hold our family close and are the memory seeds that stay with our children for the rest of their life. Father sun greets us for a new day after our long night in
Nurturing the Magic of Childhood
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it. Roald Dahl We are the gatekeepers of the magic, that sprinkles joy on each and everyday. Safeguarding the wonder of childhood, in a world that some times seems less than magical. It is a pretty big job when we really sit down and think about it. It is so easy to fall into despair over the latest news headline, to loose our footing and our will falling
Wonder-full Back Yard Play for Connected Families
Ok, so here we are, we are stuck at home again. What shall we do with our time? for the most, cuddles and free play sound like a beautiful way to spend our days! Although, we will be taking full advantage of this, sticking to our daily rhythm by honouring the daily rituals we do day in and day out, is going to be the way to survive lockdown. We will be honouring the flow, the breathing in and breathing out feeling of the day, by sticking to a loose rhythm we will be giving our children