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When I fell pregnant with Lilly, I always knew I’d take time away from the classroom so that I could be at home with our little learners until they were all at school.

But little did I know that Kurtis would also be joining me...and that I’d never want to go back to the classroom!

I’m often asked what it’s like to work with my husband...to have him home with us all the time. And sure we get on each other’s nerves and argue over who packs the dishwasher correctly and the most effective way to hang clothes on the line.

But my goodness I can’t imagine parenting and running a business without him by my side. We’ve actually had a really rough end to 2020 navigating a new diagnosis with one of the kiddies which has brought so many ups and downs, and I’ve never been more grateful to be doing this together.

He somehow senses when I’m feeling a bit frazzled and has my favourite treats ready to go. He organises my digital clutter like a total boss and sends me into the backyard for fresh air and grounding when I’m overwhelmed. So quite frankly, working together is pretty much the best decision we ever made. We can work around the kids, go on adventure days whenever we like and make loads of beautiful memories together with our little people.

So here’s to many more years raising kids together and me being the boss and him doing what I tell him to do 😂

There's no denying that 2020 brought a lot of impo

There's no denying that 2020 brought a lot of important issues to the surface. One of those being the inequality that our Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people face.

I've spent time learning (and often un-learning) and trying to better my own knowledge so that I can raise our children to be not only inclusive but empathetic. To treat everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

This week on the blog, I’ve shared some of the businesses we've come across that are owned and operated by Indigenous Australians. You’ll find the link in my bio but I’ll also tag them here! @nungacreations @kooricurriculum @magabalabooks

My hope is that this will help you to not only support local Indigenous businesses, but also ensure that your own family resources (such as picture books and dolls) aren’t unintentionally biased towards your own race or cultural background.

“When we fail to talk openly with our children about racial inequity in our society, we are in fact contributing to the development of their racial biases, which studies show are already in place.”Dr Erin Winkler, 2017

Prepping for back to school this week starting wit

Prepping for back to school this week starting with some visual routine prompts! 👊 If your mornings are a little crazy, keep reading!

When Lilly started school, I set up this daily routine whiteboard for her. It gave her a visual cue for our morning routines and helped set her up for success and avoid those morning meltdowns over not wanting to brush her hair!

A visual routine helps walk your little learners through the tricky parts of their day. When they know what to expect and what’s coming next, they’re not feeling anxious or worried. They can even begin working through their morning or evening routines totally independently! In fact Lilly was able to get ready for school every morning all by herself after a few weeks of using our daily routine cards 🙌🏻

You can grab a copy of my daily routine cards from my store (link in my bio) ready for your little learners to start back at school in a few weeks. If you have a question about our daily routines or my printable routine pack, just pop it below and I’ll answer them all! 👇🏻

📷 @amandacampeanu

Want to know my biggest tip for encouraging indepe

Want to know my biggest tip for encouraging independent play? Fill their bucket first! I find when I spend time purposefully playing with my little learners, they are more likely to happily continue that play when I need to get something done.

After some 1 on 1 attention and play together with me, their little love buckets are nice and full and there are less interruptions when I sit down to work.

My Sensory Play book is the perfect resource for you to enjoy with your little learners. Not only will you be filling their little love cups with sensory play invitations together, you’ll also be creating some pretty special memories too!

Head to the link in my bio to order a copy now! I got word that were quickly approaching 5000 copies printed worldwide in just seven months. How amazing is that?!?

A big thank you to @four_little_cherubs for sharing this beautiful picture of one of the quick and easy sensory recipes from my book!

How does mud play make you feel? Drop me an emoji

How does mud play make you feel? Drop me an emoji below! 👇🏻

Our kids LOVE to get dirty. It’s not unusual for Lilly to cover her body in mud when watering the plants. It’s not unusual for Elliot to make a mud pit to play in with his monster trucks. And it’s not unusual for Audrey to grab a shovel and fill bowls with mud over in the mud kitchen.

There’s something about mud and dirt that kids just love! But it’s not all fun and games - dirt play is so beneficial for little people. According to @natureplayqld “New research has shown that exposure to friendly soil bacteria stimulates the immune system causing the brain to release serotonin, the endorphin used to regulate mood.”

So have I convinced you to get out and get muddy this weekend?! I’d love to see your muddy adventures so please do tag me!!

What are your must have art and craft supplies?! 😍

Tap the pic to find some of my favourite suppliers and then jump on over to the link in my bio to read a blog post dedicated to the topic! Inside the blog, I’ve not only shared some of our favourite supplies, but you’ll also get a little look into our storage system and how we display art in our play room too!

Head to the link in my bio to find all the clickable links and some serious art inspo!

Do you have a little learner that’s taken a keen

Do you have a little learner that’s taken a keen interest in learning about letters? Or maybe you're a teacher? Keep reading!
🌟
When Lilly started school, I felt a little anxious because she hadn’t shown any interest in learning her letters. I was so worried about her being ‘behind’ at school. But let me tell you something. Children will ALL learn their letters eventually and we don’t need to rush them into that before they’re ready.
🌟
I noticed Lilly first took an interest in the letters in her name and then suddenly started asking about other letters in her environment or in the books we were reading. Once I saw this interest appear, I ran with it and created this Alphabet Book for her because she looooved tracing! #FollowTheirLead
🌟
Inside are 26 pages, one for each letter of the alphabet. Your little learners can rainbow write the upper-case and lower-case letters and then use a pencil to practise writing the letters some more. I also added some pictures for them to colour to really cement the sounds and letters they’re working on.
🌟
We started with just the letters of Lilly’s name and then she’d pick a new letter every few days until we’d worked through them all. We also talked about the sounds each letter could make and really focussed on those beginning sounds!
🌟
If your little learners would love this resource, you can grab a copy from my store by following the link in my bio 😘

Audrey loves ‘poms’ so I’m always looking fo

Audrey loves ‘poms’ so I’m always looking for fun ways to integrate them into our invitations!

This month in the Little Play Club, we’ve released our Healthy Foods pack which included these fun fruit cards! Audrey is using them with pom poms but Elliot (who is 4) used the black and white versions with our dot stampers. Love it when one resource can be used in different ways 👌🏻

We’ll be opening the doors to the Little Play Club again next month so make sure your name is on the wait list so you don’t miss out! The link is in my bio ❤️

When I fell pregnant with Lilly, I always knew I’d take time away from the classroom so that I could be at home with our little learners until they were all at school.

But little did I know that Kurtis would also be joining me...and that I’d never want to go back to the classroom!

I’m often asked what it’s like to work with my husband...to have him home with us all the time. And sure we get on each other’s nerves and argue over who packs the dishwasher correctly and the most effective way to hang clothes on the line.

But my goodness I can’t imagine parenting and running a business without him by my side. We’ve actually had a really rough end to 2020 navigating a new diagnosis with one of the kiddies which has brought so many ups and downs, and I’ve never been more grateful to be doing this together.

He somehow senses when I’m feeling a bit frazzled and has my favourite treats ready to go. He organises my digital clutter like a total boss and sends me into the backyard for fresh air and grounding when I’m overwhelmed. So quite frankly, working together is pretty much the best decision we ever made. We can work around the kids, go on adventure days whenever we like and make loads of beautiful memories together with our little people.

So here’s to many more years raising kids together and me being the boss and him doing what I tell him to do 😂

There's no denying that 2020 brought a lot of impo

There's no denying that 2020 brought a lot of important issues to the surface. One of those being the inequality that our Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people face.

I've spent time learning (and often un-learning) and trying to better my own knowledge so that I can raise our children to be not only inclusive but empathetic. To treat everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

This week on the blog, I’ve shared some of the businesses we've come across that are owned and operated by Indigenous Australians. You’ll find the link in my bio but I’ll also tag them here! @nungacreations @kooricurriculum @magabalabooks

My hope is that this will help you to not only support local Indigenous businesses, but also ensure that your own family resources (such as picture books and dolls) aren’t unintentionally biased towards your own race or cultural background.

“When we fail to talk openly with our children about racial inequity in our society, we are in fact contributing to the development of their racial biases, which studies show are already in place.”Dr Erin Winkler, 2017

Prepping for back to school this week starting wit

Prepping for back to school this week starting with some visual routine prompts! 👊 If your mornings are a little crazy, keep reading!

When Lilly started school, I set up this daily routine whiteboard for her. It gave her a visual cue for our morning routines and helped set her up for success and avoid those morning meltdowns over not wanting to brush her hair!

A visual routine helps walk your little learners through the tricky parts of their day. When they know what to expect and what’s coming next, they’re not feeling anxious or worried. They can even begin working through their morning or evening routines totally independently! In fact Lilly was able to get ready for school every morning all by herself after a few weeks of using our daily routine cards 🙌🏻

You can grab a copy of my daily routine cards from my store (link in my bio) ready for your little learners to start back at school in a few weeks. If you have a question about our daily routines or my printable routine pack, just pop it below and I’ll answer them all! 👇🏻

📷 @amandacampeanu

Want to know my biggest tip for encouraging indepe

Want to know my biggest tip for encouraging independent play? Fill their bucket first! I find when I spend time purposefully playing with my little learners, they are more likely to happily continue that play when I need to get something done.

After some 1 on 1 attention and play together with me, their little love buckets are nice and full and there are less interruptions when I sit down to work.

My Sensory Play book is the perfect resource for you to enjoy with your little learners. Not only will you be filling their little love cups with sensory play invitations together, you’ll also be creating some pretty special memories too!

Head to the link in my bio to order a copy now! I got word that were quickly approaching 5000 copies printed worldwide in just seven months. How amazing is that?!?

A big thank you to @four_little_cherubs for sharing this beautiful picture of one of the quick and easy sensory recipes from my book!

How does mud play make you feel? Drop me an emoji

How does mud play make you feel? Drop me an emoji below! 👇🏻

Our kids LOVE to get dirty. It’s not unusual for Lilly to cover her body in mud when watering the plants. It’s not unusual for Elliot to make a mud pit to play in with his monster trucks. And it’s not unusual for Audrey to grab a shovel and fill bowls with mud over in the mud kitchen.

There’s something about mud and dirt that kids just love! But it’s not all fun and games - dirt play is so beneficial for little people. According to @natureplayqld “New research has shown that exposure to friendly soil bacteria stimulates the immune system causing the brain to release serotonin, the endorphin used to regulate mood.”

So have I convinced you to get out and get muddy this weekend?! I’d love to see your muddy adventures so please do tag me!!

What are your must have art and craft supplies?! 😍

Tap the pic to find some of my favourite suppliers and then jump on over to the link in my bio to read a blog post dedicated to the topic! Inside the blog, I’ve not only shared some of our favourite supplies, but you’ll also get a little look into our storage system and how we display art in our play room too!

Head to the link in my bio to find all the clickable links and some serious art inspo!

Do you have a little learner that’s taken a keen

Do you have a little learner that’s taken a keen interest in learning about letters? Or maybe you're a teacher? Keep reading!
🌟
When Lilly started school, I felt a little anxious because she hadn’t shown any interest in learning her letters. I was so worried about her being ‘behind’ at school. But let me tell you something. Children will ALL learn their letters eventually and we don’t need to rush them into that before they’re ready.
🌟
I noticed Lilly first took an interest in the letters in her name and then suddenly started asking about other letters in her environment or in the books we were reading. Once I saw this interest appear, I ran with it and created this Alphabet Book for her because she looooved tracing! #FollowTheirLead
🌟
Inside are 26 pages, one for each letter of the alphabet. Your little learners can rainbow write the upper-case and lower-case letters and then use a pencil to practise writing the letters some more. I also added some pictures for them to colour to really cement the sounds and letters they’re working on.
🌟
We started with just the letters of Lilly’s name and then she’d pick a new letter every few days until we’d worked through them all. We also talked about the sounds each letter could make and really focussed on those beginning sounds!
🌟
If your little learners would love this resource, you can grab a copy from my store by following the link in my bio 😘

Audrey loves ‘poms’ so I’m always looking fo

Audrey loves ‘poms’ so I’m always looking for fun ways to integrate them into our invitations!

This month in the Little Play Club, we’ve released our Healthy Foods pack which included these fun fruit cards! Audrey is using them with pom poms but Elliot (who is 4) used the black and white versions with our dot stampers. Love it when one resource can be used in different ways 👌🏻

We’ll be opening the doors to the Little Play Club again next month so make sure your name is on the wait list so you don’t miss out! The link is in my bio ❤️

Ever wondered why so many newborn products are bla

Ever wondered why so many newborn products are black and white? 🤔

Well it’s because newborns see shapes before they can see colours. In fact, research has shown that a newborn baby can see roughly 30cms in front of them which is approximately how far away their mother’s face is as they nurse them! How amazing is that? 🥰

In the early days, high contrast images help to strengthen the muscles in your baby’s eyes, firing off connections in the brain and working those little muscles.

I’ve developed a series of FREE high contrast cards which you can download for your new baby or even print off and share with a friend. Head to the link in my bio to grab your free copy ⚫️⚪️⚫️