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10/12/2020

Cannot wait to see this film ❤️ There are few childrens movies that appeal to me. They just don’t often to have imagination following disneyfied formulas but this inspired in Irish legends now thats my kinda film!

12/11/2020

No better way to re-launch than with this article 10 Spiritual Lessons to Teach Your Child by Dr Laura Markham who is full of wisdom and has taught me so much on how to raise my little one. She says, "Whatever your beliefs, you probably want your child to know that life is sacred, that their choices matter, that nature deserves a certain reverence, that their presence in the world contributes to joy and goodness, that things have a way of working out (not always as we expect), that the greatest joy usually comes from connecting and sharing with others, that being uncomfortable can push us to grow, and that while we don't always get what we want, we can always choose to make the most of what we get."

All humans have a spiritual dimension. Here are some ideas for nondenominational (and even God-optional, if that's your preference) spirituality.

12/11/2020

Celebrating our reopening. After some denizen fraudsters toiled with our store, we are finally BACK!!! So happy to be here. Hope you'll visit and find something nice for your little ones this season. As always we look forward to welcoming you and looking after you with a big open heart and lots of love. What a crazy year it's been but one good thing, is that Christmas is coming. And no one can stop Santa 🎄🌲🌲🌲🌲 https://www.littlecitizensboutique.com/collections/christmas

17/03/2020

Yess that's dinner sorted!

Cook with us and learn at your own pace.

17/03/2020

How to homeschool your kids like a pro during Coronavirus Quarantine

It was with much fanfare that Jenn Falik and her daughters, Alexa, 9, and Goldie, 5, opened their new school – dubbed the Fun Falik Learning Academy – out of their home Monday. The two girls are am…

01/03/2020

Lovely way to inspire children to be kind to each other.

Today in one of our classes I introduced the children to two apples (the children didn't know this, but before the class I had repeatedly dropped one of the apples on the floor, you couldn't tell, both apples looked perfect). We talked about the apples and the children described how both apples looked the same; both were red, were of similar size and looked juicy enough to eat.

I picked up the apple I'd dropped on the floor and started to tell the children how I disliked this apple, that I thought it was disgusting, it was a horrible colour and the stem was just too short. I told them that because I didn't like it, I didn't want them to like it either, so they should call it names too.

Some children looked at me like I was insane, but we passed the apple around the circle calling it names, 'you're a smelly apple', 'I don't even know why you exist', 'you've probably got worms inside you' etc.

We really pulled this poor apple apart. I actually started to feel sorry for the little guy.

We then passed another apple around and started to say kind words to it, 'You're a lovely apple', 'Your skin is beautiful', 'What a beautiful colour you are' etc.

I then held up both apples, and again, we talked about the similarities and differences, there was no change, both apples still looked the same.

I then cut the apples open. The apple we'd been kind to was clear, fresh and juicy inside.

The apple we'd said unkind words to was bruised and all mushy inside.

I think there was a lightbulb moment for the children immediately. They really got it, what we saw inside that apple, the bruises, the mush and the broken bits is what is happening inside every one of us when someone mistreats us with their words or actions.

When people are bullied, especially children, they feel horrible inside and sometimes don't show or tell others how they are feeling. If we hadn't have cut that apple open, we would never have known how much pain we had caused it.

I shared my own experience of suffering someone's unkind words last week. On the outside I looked OK, I was still smiling. But, on the inside someone had caused me a lot of pain with their words and I was hurting.

Unlike an apple, we have the ability to stop this from happening. We can teach children that it's not ok to say unkind things to each other and discuss how it makes others feel. We can teach our children to stand up for each other and to stop any form of bullying, just as one little girl did today when she refused to say unkind words to the apple.

More and more hurt and damage happens inside if nobody does anything to stop the bullying. Let's create a generation of kind, caring children.

The tongue has no bones, but is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words.

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Original Credit: Mum in the Moment

28/01/2020

This is how I felt recently when I took my daughter to look at her first big school. Walking around the design and technology lab, the art room, physics... I was overwhelmed with emotion. So excited was I at all that is ahead for her.

'Oh The Places You'll Go!' - recent illustration featuring a lovely mama, her amazing son, the best doggo, a whole Summer of fantastic adventures, and many many happy memories made...this was such a glorious piece to work on!
©marnie makes January 2020

02/12/2019

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29/11/2019

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