Tag Archives: children’s crafts

Afterschooling: what is it all about?

Someone asked me how I afterschool—so here comes. Because Nicco already spends plenty of time in school, I don’t do any workbooks or seatwork with him. I don’t want to bore him to tears and run the risk of burning him out. Instead, we curl up on the sofa with a bunch of good books. [...]

Gearing up for Thanksgiving

We must be the only non-American family to celebrate Thanksgiving this side of the pond. This is partly because we are partial to holidays and like to celebrate as many as we can, and partly to honour Manfredi’s American relatives (I am thinking of you, Georgeann). So we are busy getting ready for it. The [...]

Salt drip paint and crafty mummies

There is a woman out there who is my parenting hero. She is the friend of a friend—and the proud mother of four-year-old triplets and a two-year-old boy. If you ever chance upon her blog, you’ll soon discover that she has more energy and does more stuff with her four preschoolers than I can ever [...]

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