Freya has learnt to climb the stairs! Oh no! Oh YES!
Posted by Karen Faulkner onI thought an update on Miss Freya (my sister, Lesley's little girl) was well overdue! She's now 9 months old and guess what? She's pulling to stand and has learnt how to climb the stairs....
Improving children's speech with nursery rhymes
Posted by Karen Faulkner onToday's blog is especially for Renata and Felix. Hope you have lots of fun with them :-) Help with language skills If your toddler needs a bit of a help with their language think about...
Learning to sit unsupported
Posted by Karen Faulkner onSitting unsupported is a learnt developmental skill I've made a special VLOG (Video Blog) at the bottom of this page explaining and demonstrating it all! Just click on the YouTube link.Because we carry babies around a...
Why the Baby play Gym May Be Delaying the Roll over in Your Baby
Posted by Karen Faulkner onLast week I spent a very interesting afternoon with Miss Madeline and her parents in Sydney. She spent a lot of time on the floor but she wasn't rolling over yet and had hit the 4...
ALDI has got a GREAT selection of toys
Posted by Karen Faulkner onI called into ALDI, Marrickville to do my once a month large shop and got distracted by all the fabulous toys in there.I felt it deserved a share.A lot of the toys were made of...
An end to the trampoline???
Posted by Karen Faulkner onIf the American Academy of Paediatrics had its way all home trampolines would be banned.I was reading an article from the Huffington Post on Twitter and I just HAD to respond.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/home-trampolines-for-kids_n_1909199.htmlA lot of Australian children...
The advantages of phonetics in reading age
Posted by Karen Faulkner onMost of you will never of heard of ita - The Initial Teaching Alphabet - as a method of teaching reading.It was very popular in the early 1970's in England where I went to school....
Hints to move your baby on with rolling over, sitting and crawling
Posted by Karen Faulkner onI quite often get a phone call or email from a parent worried about their babies sudden change in waking habits at night.This is often not a sleep problem because these babies can self settle...
