May 17, 2012

Celebrating Cloth Nappy Week

From Kiwi Families:

When I was pregnant with my first baby, I found it really tough to get my head around the idea of what the baby might wear or sleep in… but I knew she’d need nappies! Somewhere along the way, I was introduced to Modern Cloth Nappies and was just blown away by the range of colours, styles, fabrics and designs… there really is something for every tooshie! Three years later and the nappies are still going strong on my second bubba and I’m a huge fan.

This week is Cloth Nappy Week and we’re thrilled to bring you some great articles and promotions to help celebrate. Here at Kiwi Families, we think that we’ve got the best information on nappies around and are so proud to be supporting Cloth Nappy Week. We’ve also just finished a HUGE cloth nappy review with nappies from 10 different suppliers… check out what our reviewers thought of them… And of course we have some great deals for you to celebrate Cloth Nappy Week so if you’ve been thinking about cloth nappies, make the most of these great offers.

Happy Cloth Nappy Week, everyone!

Rochelle and Pip

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From the Smiths:

http://hef.org.nz/2011/craig-smith-26-january-1951-to-30-september-2011/

Updated 30 March 2012: Life for Those Left Behind (Craig Smith’s Health) page 6 click here

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Needing help for your home schooling journey:

http://hef.org.nz/2011/needing-help-for-your-home-schooling-journey-2/

And

Here are a couple of links to get you started home schooling:

http://hef.org.nz/getting-started-2/

and

http://hef.org.nz/exemptions/

This link is motivational:
http://hef.org.nz/2012/home-schooling-what-is-it-all-about/

Preschoolers and Peace

Some great links from my friend Kendra at Preschoolers and Peace

Value of parents praised

http://newszealand.blogspot.com/2008/06/value-of-parents-praised.html

Value of parents praised

 

By JO MCKENZIE-MCLEAN – The Press

Parents are just as good as teachers when it comes to educating toddlers, an early-childhood educator says. Dr Sarah Farquhar, who presented her findings at the New Zealand Playcentre Federation’s Diamond Jubilee conference in Auckland at the weekend, said teacher-led early-education services had little added value to a child’s development compared with parent-led services. Farquhar said the impact of family was consistently greater on a child’s achievements than Early Childhood Education and government policies needed to recognise the value of involving parents in children’s early education. “If we want to make more of an effective difference for our young children, we should be valuing programmes that involve parents learning much more than they are currently being valued,” she said.