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My Top Tips for Choosing Children’s Books There is no such thing as ‘too early’ when it comes to introducing books to our children.  In fact, children who are acquainted with books at an early age are more likely to develop a love for reading. However, with so many types of books marketed as “children’s […]

The first, ‘Technicolour Treasure Hunt,’ features vibrant colours and abstract shapes, encouraging kids to explore colour recognition. The second, ‘Pattern-tastic Treasure Hunt,’ showcases bold patterns and designs, inviting children to search for and identify different patterns. Both books are designed to engage young minds in creative learning through visual exploration.

My TOP Tips for Choosing Children’s Books

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My Top Tips for Choosing Children’s Books There is no such thing as ‘too early’ when it comes to introducing books to our children.  In fact, children who are acquainted with books at an early age are more likely to develop a love for reading. However, with so many types of books marketed as “children’s […]

The first, ‘Technicolour Treasure Hunt,’ features vibrant colours and abstract shapes, encouraging kids to explore colour recognition. The second, ‘Pattern-tastic Treasure Hunt,’ showcases bold patterns and designs, inviting children to search for and identify different patterns. Both books are designed to engage young minds in creative learning through visual exploration.

My TOP Tips for Choosing Children’s Books

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One of my biggest beliefs about children’s learning is that there’s so much natural learning that happens from just doing life and including them in daily life. My mum is visiting from Singapore at the moment and she LOVES looking at fruit trees. So my MIL invited us to their property here with many fruit […]

The School of Life

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  Introduced goop/oobleck to Miss 15mo for the first time today. It’s just 2 parts cornflour, 1 part water and food colouring of your choice. I kept the set up really simple and minimal so she could focus on simply exploring this new sensory medium. Even though she was initially excited, she became hesistant, then […]

Stories of Play – 10 Min Setup for a 2 Sec Play. Is it Worth It?

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A beautiful morning of getting up close and personal feeding these kanga friends at Caversham Wildlife Park, just 20 min from our place yesterday. We even got to see a mummy kanga nursing her baby joey and witness the beautiful interaction between the pair with lots of kisses and cuddles. It was the perfect opportunity […]

The Value of Exposing Children to Experiences

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“What Is She Making?” I sent these couple of pictures from today’s sensory play with Miss 15mo to my family and my dad’s first question was “What is this? Is it modern art?” I sighed inwardly and wondered what to reply. To be honest, I get that a lot, from what I do with Miss […]

The Process of Play – What Happens When They Play

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Hi There, I'm Jules,

I am a parenting coach who helps other Mums and Dads teach their kids how to play independently (so they can foster their capacity to be creative thinkers and so you can have some time out!)
Yep, I have a pretty fun job!

I’m also:
 - A Mama to 3 beautiful girls under 5
 - A brand new home-schooling parent
 - A Singaporean who now lives in Victoria, Australia
 - An ex preschool teacher (I loved being a teacher, but left when I gave birth to my first daughter).