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Comment on Wash our hands…again! by Lorraine from The Party Times

Lorraine from The Party Times — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:35:32 +0000

hi dee, I agree totally – get so much junk post that just gets binned – WHAT A WASTE! They could communicate this very important message through websites, school emails etc much more effectively.

Comment on Wash Your Hands by Wash our hands…again!

Wash our hands…again! — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:07:17 +0000

[...] by deein Cut out and keep, Pedagogy & practice, childminding This morning like many of you I received a big envelope in the post from Safe food, the food safety promotion board here in Ireland. It contained two massive full colour laminate posters teaching a hand washing game similar to the one I posted here some months back in my ‘cut out and keep’ section http://www.mumandminder.com/2010/04/wash-your-hands/ [...]

Comment on What a busy summer! by Patricia Byrne

Patricia Byrne — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:05:01 +0000

Deirdre, just writing this after putting all the stuff into the dishwasher at midnight after writer meeting and decided to check out your blog. It brought back so many memories of my time with my two small children; they are both strapping fellows now in their twenties and I am looking at the photogrpah of the two of the them with the young women in their lives. Those early days with them are so precious and you seem to making the time rich and memorable for you and your children. Keep up the writing.

Patricia

Comment on ideal environments for children by dee

dee — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:15:40 +0000

Thanks Janet, I think that all the outdoor time we do here is for me too, I find it easier to think, breathe and just be with the children outdoors. They also seem to have fewer disagreements and the atmosphere is generally much less stressful outdoors. When they sleep outdoors they sleep in the dappled shade of the apple tree and seem to get a much richer, deeper and more soothing sleep when they do.

Comment on ideal environments for children by janetlansbury

janetlansbury — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:32:28 +0000

Just reading this and gazing at your photos is lulling me into a meditative state!

It’s so important for children of all ages to have a peaceful oasis like you provide (or even a much smaller one), and time just to “be”. This is the kind of atmosphere in which toddlers can stretch their creative and imaginative powers, along with their cognitive skills. They can also reflect on and assimilate any more stressful, or highly stimulating recent experiences they might have had. What lucky children to have such bliss! Thanks for sharing this!

Comment on Sand pit – fun for all ages! by ideal environments for children - Mum and Minder

ideal environments for children - Mum and Minder — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:04:23 +0000

[...] pokey when they want to play together.Another popular environment in the garden is the sand pit. I wrote with amazement a few weeks back about the wide range of age groups that find a use for it he…. In the past few months children aged from a few months to 12 years have found a way to play here. [...]

Comment on Best useful thing I’ve found in ages! – offer alert! by Yaya

Yaya — Sun, 09 May 2010 23:25:44 +0000

Wow! This is really cool. It looks so orderly, too. Very nice. ~ Yaya Yaya's Home

Comment on Pennys/Primark not the only offender by L

Thu, 06 May 2010 08:42:08 +0000

Didn’t know about this because I tend not to visit the kiddie bra section! Kids are only kids for a short time – what’s the rush? I can appreciate a little padding might help the confidence of a late developing teen but if they are intended at small kids, that can’t be right.

Comment on Pennys/Primark not the only offender by a mum

a mum — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:00:40 +0000

The Dunnes ones have ages I know because my three year old held one in my face and said ‘this is fo your boobs!’

Comment on Pennys/Primark not the only offender by dee

dee — Thu, 06 May 2010 06:54:27 +0000

I suppose it would also be possible for children to buy them themselves though, its not as though they would need id! Children are already becoming aware of their bodies so early with what they see on tv, they could buy them and put them on when they are out of sight of their parents, they could potentially help to make a child appear far beyond her years.