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Tag: Preschool

AD – Wild by Anette Demetriou and Dawn White

Growing up is tricky. Friendships are hard. Navigating social situations is a minefield. Especially when you’re three. Three year olds … More

early reading, emotional literacy, gangs, owlet press, Parenting, peer pressure, Preschool, social development, toxic masculinity, wild

Just Another Phase?

Terrible Twos? Threenager? What more does the developmental continuum have to throw at us? Just when I thought I had … More

Behaviour, behaviour strategies, brain development, challenging behaviour, child development, COVID-19, early years, ex teacher, frustration, isolation, MumChallenges, parenthood, parenting help, positive reinforcement, positivity, Preschool, Tantrums

Review: My Name Is Covid by Tammy Brandon

A Children’s Guide to Understanding the Coronavirus I’ve spent my twenty year career trying to break down concepts to children, … More

book review, child development, coronavirus, COVID-19, covid19, education, EYFS, Family, Familylife, gifted, health, isolation, lockdown, lockdown2020, lockdown2021, MumChallenges, parenthood, Parenting, parentingworries, Preschool, social-distancing

Review: AGE OF DINOSAURS by Christiane Engel

At night-times we like stories. We like calm, gentle tales to lull us in to a sleepy state. In the … More

Activities, book lover, book review, bookish play, early reading, engaging readers, EYFS, Full-time Mother, gifted, little tiger books, motherhood, mumblogger, parenthood, Parenting, Preschool, reading

The Ripples of Lockdown

Resilience is the frequent adjective I’ve used to describe children throughout covid. “They’ll bounce back!” “They’ll jump back in to … More

adventures, COVID-19, Freedom, ice cream, isolation, lockdown, MumChallenges, parentingworries, Preschool, resilience, social-distancing, train, travel

You Win Some…

Another day in lockdown… another twelve hours to kill with a preschooler. Another twelve hours of trying to entice him … More

Activities, child development, COVID-19, EYFS, Full-time Mother, home schooling, learning at home, lockdown2021, motherhood, MumChallenges, mumfail, mumlife, Parenting, parentingworries, Preschool, SAHM

Sweet Freedom and Self Care

This week marked the first week back at preschool for little man since December 17th. And the first week where … More

Coffee, Exercise, fitness, Freedom, Full-time Mother, geriatric mum, gratitude, Kegels, lockdown, lockdown2021, mindfulness, MumChallenges, mumlife, over-40 mum, Parenting, Preschool, self reflection, self-care, selfcare, Stress Incontinence

The Lesser-Known Anxieties of Starting Pre-School

It’s that season; the season where social media will be smothered in a blanket of new school-year doorstep photos. No … More

anxiety, growing up, parentingworries, Preschool, Toddlers, worries

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