Leon, who currently loves to cook, has been busy making ‘pepparkakor’ (gingerbread biscuits) for the last two days. Yes, two days. Day 1 : Preparation of dough… Then leave the dough in a cold place overnight…. Day 2 : Cutting and baking of gingerbread forms…. Plus of course, the decoration…. In the last year Leon [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Thank Goodness For Lego!
Posted in Everyday things.., In The Kitchen on August 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
‘Harry The Dirty Dog’ Fun
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Books, In The Kitchen, Role play, Sensory on August 30, 2010 | 14 Comments »
I love books, and I love the way that kids can learn from the stories within them, in so many different ways. Therefore I have decided to start doing some ‘book work’ with Alfie, and having a son who loves animals, and is completely obsessed with role play, Gene Zion’s ‘Harry the dirty dog’ seemed [...]
Tractors, Trucks And Traffic Jams: Lådbilslandet
Posted in Journeys and Trips, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.. on August 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The best place to teach your kids to drive – in box cars driven by lawnmower engines. At Lådbilslandet ‘traffic school’….. Children between the ages of 2 and 10 are encouraged to drive around tracks and on mini-roads, working out which way to turn the steering wheel, when to push down on the accelerator, and [...]
Alfie Makes Green!
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Building and discovery on August 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
And so we started off with a little marble painting, having both yellow and blue paint to dip the marbles in … Which then led to a little hand printing……. He started off with yellow hand prints, and then after dipping his hands in the blue paint, he rubbed them together…… ……. and made GREEN! [...]
‘Playmobil’ Obstacle Course
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Role play on August 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
An enthusiasm for obstacle courses has taken over the children in the family lately, and as the ‘playmobil water world’ was so popular, we decided to set up a ‘playmobil obstacle course’…. Supplies were collected (glue, scissors, tape, elastic bands, string, items from the recycle bin, and a collection of old lolly sticks), plus a [...]
Toddler Collage
Posted in Arts and Crafts on August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Well, this may look a bit of a mess…. … but Alfie loved it! Using a drop of food colouring in some glue, a clean plastic food tray from our recycled bin, and some lovely wooden beads that never seem to get used…. …… he made a toddler collage…. …which he proudly hung on the [...]
Possibly The Best Playground In The World : Paltorps Hage
Posted in Journeys and Trips, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.. on August 23, 2010 | 10 Comments »
‘Paltorps Hage’ is amazing, fantastic, brilliant. What a find! And the website, I’m afraid, does it no justice… Started by the owners of the farm, and open only during late Spring and throughout the Summer, ‘Paltorps Hage’ is a non-profit playground full of fun and adventure, for ALL ages. The equipment is homemade by the [...]
Vegetable Design (The Healthy Option!)
Posted in Arts and Crafts, In The Kitchen on August 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Of course, with the unhealthy sweet design, had to come the obvious more healthy option – vegetable design! We used frozen peas and sweetcorn, carrot sticks and slices, cucumber slices, yellow pepper sticks, halves of cherry tomatoes, round savoury crackers, and small bread sticks…. Maya and (little) Leon just loved this – and Alfie enjoyed [...]
Sweet Design
Posted in In The Kitchen on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
…And with independence that brings the ability to cook alone, and go to the shop alone, comes in turn the ability to make and buy the most ‘unusual’ things….! Apparently Leon got this idea from a cookery book – and he tells me that this is a car – I love the fact that he [...]
Children As Independent Learners
Posted in Everyday things.. on August 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I recently picked up a book ‘The Unschooling Handbook’ (Mary Griffith) , and started to thumb through it. I have had the book for many years, originally having bought it when we were in California and started to ‘homeschool’ our kids. At that point Leon was only about 5 years old, and Maya barely 3, [...]
