Snotty Noses Happy Parents Raising Healthy Kids by Dr Orlena Kerek, Paediatrician

Play and Learn

Kids love to play and learn. Of course they like to watch television, but in our house it’s limited to a small amount each day. Playing is a great way to learn. Sometimes it can be directed playing and learning. Sometimes, it can be just the kids playing and experimenting. They learn heaps that way too. Here are some ideas to get you going.

Children love to play and learn. Some awesome activities that you can do with your kids

Easy Activities for Kids

Connect with your kids with this free family game. Rin Tin Tin is an awesome family game, a bit like hide and seek but with a twist.

Fun Family Game (Rin Tin Tin)

Easy Tissue Paper wind Sock Activity. My kids loved making these wind sock kites. They were super easy and super fun.

Tissue Paper Wind Sock

20 Awesome Valentine Crafts for Kids. What better way to tell some one you love them with a homemade valentine craft?

Valentine's Crafts

Easy Christmas Crafts for Children. Heaps of crafts. What a great way to make memories.

Easy Christmas Crafts

Easy Craft that your Toddler will love

Easy Toddler Craft

Stay_cation Ideas. Some great ideas to have fun at home with your family. #5 is my favourite!

Stay Cation Ideas

One Sneaky Way to Encourage Your Child's Imagination. Don't you just love it when your kids are busy playing in their own little world for hours and hours? Sometimes they need a little help getting there.

Encourage Pretend Play

Connect with Your Kids with this Simple Family Game. If you are looking for a free and fun way to connect with your children and family, this is an awesome family game for all ages.

Simple Family Game

10 Fun Ways to Exercise with Your Kids. You don't have to miss out on exercise just because you have kids and there isn't enough time in the day. Why not exercise with your kids? Some great ideas to get you started. I love number 4.

Exercise with Kids

Family Game Night. 20 Awesome Games that you can Play with your Family. A great way to connect and create memories.

Family Game Night

20 Awesome Outdoor activities for your kids. Turn off the TV and go and connect with your kids outside!

20 Awesome Outdoor Activities

Shaving Foam Fun. A simple and fun activity to do with kids of all ages. Learn and Play

Shaving Foam Fun

Awesome Ways to Learn with Play Doh

Awesome Ways to Learn with Play Doh

How to make Paper Mache Helmets. A really easy activity to nurture your child's creativity.

Paper Mache Helmets

How to Make Easy Peasy Sock Puppets. A simple and easy activity that recycles old socks.

Easy Peasy Sock Puppets

Quick and easy flying fun. An easy flying contraption that will take 10 minutes to make and hours of playing fun afterwards. An alternative to your traditional paper aeroplane. Great for a summer day when the sun is not shining.

Flying Fun

9 Awesome Fun Ways to Keep Cool this Summer. What a great article to keep your kids safe from the sun and heat and have fun. I love the last one. What a great idea!

Keeping Cool In the Summer

Recycle your old pens into water colours for hours of fun!

How to Turn Old Pens into Awesome Paints

Learning

Mind Maps for Children. A Surprisingly Easy Way to Learn. Mind Maps might sound really complicated but actually they're easy and a fun way to learn.

Mind Maps for Kids

The Sex Talk. How Young is Too Young?

The Sex Talk

The Hidden Benefit of Kids Doing Household Chores

The Hidden Benefit of Household Chores

How to Turn Your Reluctant Reader into a Book Worm. Teaching your child can be frustrating but with patience, you can turn them into an enthusiastic reader.

Turn Your Reluctant Reader into A Bookworm

10 Amazing Benefits of Playing Chess with Your Kids. Have you ever thought about playing chess with your kids? It's great fun AND it's great for those little brains as well.

10 Amazing Benefits of Playing Chess

How to Teach your Kids to be Great at Maths. It's such a simple idea but it really as helped my kids love maths and be good at math.

How to Teach Your Kids to be Great at Math

Fun in the Woods

How to Enjoy Barcelona with Kids

Learning about Germs

Learning to be Grateful making teacher thank you cards

Awesome ways to cool down in the summer

Nurture your Kids Creativity

Collecting Sticks

Making an Easter Bonnet

Making a Cardboard Box Castle

Making Baby Toys

Making Play Snow

Play Doh Candy Cyclone

Cooking with Kids

Cooking with children is a fantastic activity that helps them love healthy food. Kids of all ages, from toddlers upwards can get involved with cooking. There are heaps of easy recipes on the page.

Children love to play and learn. Some awesome activities that you can do with your kids