Category Archives: Parenting

Science At Home: Acoustics – Vibrations make Sound

Posted on May 4, 2013 by lifeatthezoo

Tweet Well.. you may have seen that we have been busy playing the homemade guitar over on Red Ted Art. It was lots of fun to make and the kids loved decorating it. But there was another “motif” for making … Continue reading →

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Parenting: Using Reward Charts

Posted on April 10, 2013 by lifeatthezoo

Tweet I first introduced reward charts with my son when he was about, 2.5 years old. It was a new concept in our house, so it took a little bit for it to settled in, but soon it was working … Continue reading →

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It’s Play Time – The 100 Days of Play Challenge!

Posted on April 1, 2013 by lifeatthezoo

Tweet So.. the next 100 days are all going to be about PLAY!! Hooray. What child doesn’t love to PLAY. Sun Scholars launched this play challenge, to get her playing more with her kids. So we thought we would get … Continue reading →

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Summer Learning Program from Sun Scholars

Posted on March 29, 2013 by lifeatthezoo

Tweet Well, those of you that read Red Ted Art regularly may know, that I am a huge fan of the lovely Sun Scholars. A wonderful website full of kids activities – in particularly fun crafts  that I love. You … Continue reading →

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Olive The Ostrich….. Or on “One To One” Time

Posted on March 8, 2013 by lifeatthezoo

Tweet The Boy and I haven’t had the chance for proper “one to one” time in quite a while now… yes, we have been to the odd Birthday Party together, leaving The Girl home with daddy. But that isn’t quite … Continue reading →

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