Favourite Christmas Books
Christmas is a favourite time of the year for our family. We purposefully try to slow down our activities and make deliberate choices about what we do and don’t do Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Reading
Books about War
Our family loves reading history and learning it. The famous quote, usually attributed to writer and philosopher George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”, I believe is very significant. Continue Reading →
Book Suggestions for 11-14 year olds.
Four years ago I made a list of books that my children were reading at the time. Now that Princess is nearly 15 and Matey 12, I have made a Continue Reading →
Christmas Books our Family Loves
Christmas is a favourite time of the year for our family. We purposefully try to slow down our activities and make deliberate choices about what we do and don’t do Continue Reading →
Encouraging the love of reading in your children
“She would read the label off a jam jar if there was nothing else for her to read” was a common statement my dad used to say about me when Continue Reading →
Educational stuff on holidays
Our family is currently interstate on holidays. We have returned to the same resort we have been to for the last 9 years, missing only last year. The kids love Continue Reading →
Latest family update
The week before Christmas last December was when I did our latest fortnightly update which included stuff that was going on in our household ie how we are living out Continue Reading →
Your child’s strengths & future career
A friend was “glowing” today as she was recounting how her new job was going. She is absolutely loving it as she discovers more and more how perfectly suited to Continue Reading →
Christmas Preparation and Celebration
I love the Christmas season. There has always been great excitement in our house in the lead up to Christmas. I love making it special for the kids. I find Continue Reading →
Fortnightly Update 12th October 2014
This last fortnight has been huge on connecting with people. We all love this but I realise that we also need time at home on our own as well to Continue Reading →