Here’s how to help your kid structure the school holidays (free printables)
A week or two of lazing about doing not much at all is brilliant. Six weeks of it is ironically exhausting and definitely not the way for kids to shake …
School holidays
How to enjoy school holidays at home when there’s nowhere to go
This year, huh? This #$%* year!!!!!!!! And we’re not even located in Victoria. Oh Victorians, we feel for you. Let’s hope it keeps on getting better for you, but in …
6 card games kids love just as much as screens
Getting my tween and teens off screens and into other things is a well-known preoccupation of mine. I don’t hate screens, I just don’t love the amount of time my …
50+ (mostly) free things to do in the holidays for older kids
It can be super-hard coming up with free things to do in the holidays. The thing is: there are plenty of options, really. Our kids have just brainwashed us into …
7 awesome Minute to Win It games you HAVE to try
We’ve played these wonderful Minute to Win It games at parties for years. They are a riotous, screeching good time. In fact, these Minute to Win It games are loved by …
2019 Australian public school calendar: school holidays and term dates
Trying to get your head around the school holiday and term dates each year is diabolical, isn’t it? Not to mention the fact that schools refer to ‘weeks’ instead of …