What’s new: March 10 – 11th
Our new podcast – Yay to Play is up New weekly prizes for voting for your favourite podcast (you can vote each week): Planes DVD, Barbie: The Pearl Princess, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 DVD plus the $50 Papanui Lone Star voucher Facebook competition winners announced.
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Yay to play
Yay to play is the new podcast. I was really interested in the Jack-in-the-box example; the International Play Museum and the induction of the stick; and how Carl Jung made himself have an hour of unstructured play – everyday. Voting prizes We would love to find out what your favourite podcasts are and if you ...
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Guilt & the myth of the perfect parent
Why do we expect to suddenly be perfect people once we are parents? Nathan Mikaere-Wallis and Miriam McCaleb discuss guilt – including their own – and the myth of the perfect parent; and how research shows ‘good enough’ parenting is something we can all feel good about. Voting prizes We would love to find out ...
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More books to review
Would your child like to receive and review books? Would your child like to review books for Family Times and see their review on the website? If so, then have them look at Jackson’s Moose on the Loose review with you, to see if they are keen – Jackson wrote it with his Mum assisting ...
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Winner of the Springfree Trampoline – Single Baking Mama blog
‘The fun and adventures that my kids and I have – from planning birthday parties, to planting container gardens and everything in between’. I am a single mum of 3 amazing children – twin boys and a little girl. I live in a small New Zealand town on the Coromandel Peninsula, and have an amazing ...
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Winner of the Springfree Trampoline – Dadding fulltime blog
Brian writes about being a stay at home Dad. I love how he describes his accent ‘If you find yourself listening for my voice in your head, imagine a mashup of Mark Twain and Sam Elliot. That’s about how I sound to myself, in writing anyway. There’s a Yankee twang to it, with a pluck ...
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