7 Tips for Teaching Your Children About Recycling
By Jane Marsh Your children’s development has a significant impact on their future. When you teach them that resources are finite at a young…
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Encouraging Creativity and Inspiring Faith
Salt + Light was created by Thandiwe Butcher to provide safe, Bible-based media content and resources for children between the ages of 2 and…
KindyRock: Fun & Educational Music & Movement for Kids
Introducing babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and young children to music is key to helping them develop important skills and strong, healthy brains. Judi Cranston founded…
Sustainable Play Essentials, Grounded in Neuroscience
Monti&Me provides sustainably-made, premium development toys tailored to your baby’s age and sensitive periods, growing with your baby, stage by stage, box by box….
Learning Together through the Power of Play
With a vision to empower people big and small to play with passion and purpose, Tina Bambury encourages children and their families to connect…
Sitting Safe: Expert Baby & Children Car Seat Support
With children of her own, Claire McGowan knows how important it is to keep your precious cargo safe when travelling. A licensed Child Restraint…
Top Tips to Support Kids’ Maths Study in 2021
After the challenges of 2020, entering the 2021 school year feels like a restart where parents can make a conscious effort to make the…
How to Teach Your Children About Reducing Their Environmental Footprint
By Jane Marsh Parents teach their children so much before they ever begin grade school. You show them how to walk and talk, but…
Getting the Most out of Play-Based Learning
By Tracy Cassels One of the themes emerging in education nowadays is that play-based learning is what our young kids need. Most preschools nowadays…
How Can We Teach Our Children About Sustainability As They Grow Up?
By Kylie Harris As parents, we spend a large amount of time (and effort) preparing our children for the stages of childhood and life….
Family Joy and Connection Through Play
Amy Cox knows only too well how overwhelming parenting can be. With four children of her own, it took her by surprise how this…
Sorting it out Sustainably: Decluttering to Support a Motherhood Without Burnout
Appreciating how stressful and overwhelming it can be for new mums to live in a cluttered home, Steph Maguire set out to inspire, educate…
Choosing Wood Over Plastic: Eco-Friendly Toys for Hire & Sale
Being a lover of wood for as long as she can remember, mum of 3 energetic boys, Jane McLeod, wanted to avoid cheap, plastic…
Educating from the Heart: Encouraging Connection Through Nature
Trained in early childhood teaching, Janelle Gardiner is the proud founder of Nurture@Home, a childcare and education service based in the Tasman region. Inspired…
How to Teach Children About Climate Change Without Creating Fear
By Emily Folk How do you talk about climate change with your kids? It may seem impossible, but it’s a topic you have to…
Molly’s Bedtime Stories: An engaging series of children’s books
Vanessa Jane Townsend is a New Zealand children’s book author. She was inspired to create Molly’s Bedtime Stories, based around her daughter’s everyday adventures…
How to Teach Your Children About Recycling
By Emily Folk So much of our modern supply chain is made up of single-use items. Water bottles, soda cans and straws make our…
Books and language
By Donna Heather One of the things I love about being a speech and language therapist is that I get to talk to parents…
Expanding Language & Learning Through Pretend Play
By Stephanie LoPresti There is a common misconception that imaginative play isn’t imperative to development, however, as a speech language pathologist, I am here…
How to Teach Your Children to Appreciate the Planet
By Emily Folk We live on one of the coolest planets in the solar system, but it’s easy to take it for granted because…