Tag Archives: parenting
Teaching Kids How to Be Grateful.
Studies show that grateful kids do better in almost every metric than their non-grateful peers. But how do you even start to cultivate something as ambiguous as gratitude? Image Credit: Beci Orpin “If you involve children in meaningful, hands-on activities, it develops empathy by exposing them to experiences outside their own. But it also makes […]
A chat with Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala, about fatherhood, the importance of education and breaking the iron bars of patriarchy.
Could you tell us a bit about your own childhood? How did your experiences shape your thinking about equality and education? I grew up in an area called Shangla, in north-western Pakistan. Shangla is the second or third poorest district in Pakistan, and our family lived in a mud hut in a small village. My […]
Holy Scrolly – try these scroll recipes
CHEDDAR + MISO SCROLLS • 1 cup self-raising flour • 3/4 cup Greek yoghurt • 3 tbsp hatcho miso • 3/4 cup cheddar cheese, grated • 1 tbsp sesame seeds 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4. 2. Line a baking tray with baking paper. 3. In a mixing bowl, […]
DIY – Teach kids about colours
LEGO® DUPLO® Colour Sorter by Beci Orpin. We partnered with LEGO (and fave crafty lady Beci Orpin) to help little people learn their colours. Below you’ll find a step by step guide on how to make coloured boxes to sort your very own DUPLO. You will need – 4 x boxes. I used four […]
Paper planes: the most basic of boredom busters!
All you need is paper. /// The Foxy Plane /// Lady Acrobat… /// Mr Traditional This creative craft idea is from Lunch Lady issue 10. You can buy the mag from our shop here or download the digital issue via our Lunch Lady app here Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for your daily dose of Lunch Lady articles, […]
100 CLASSIC ALBUM ARTWORKS RECREATED BY A SIX-YEAR-OLD
Interview with Tano Veron: Co-founder of art project Rock at Six Years, a collaboration with his six-year-old niece, Nicolina Lorenza Vachetti What is this project about? Rock at Six Years is a family art project by me and my niece, Nicolina Lorenza Vachetti. It’s a collection of contemporary abstract album covers redrawn from the perspective […]
Redesigning the learning space
Imagine a kindergarten where an outdoor courtyard transforms into a giant paddling pool when it rains, or where a rooftop playground can only be accessed by climbing a vertical rope tunnel. Japanese architects Youji no Shiro are taking a creative approach to redesigning and redefining learning spaces for kids. A typical Australian kindergarten is a […]
Plain and Simple: A conversation with Simplicity Parenting founder and author Kim John Payne about helping our kids thrive more by doing less.
Tell us how your story begins. I was living in Victoria and working in a group home for kids who had all kinds of trouble. They had suffered a lot of violence, a lot of abuse, a lot of addiction. And I was puzzled. I was also attending university and I took a course about […]
How to make a cereal box puppet theatre
FROM ISSUE 15: WHEN ANNA KÖVECSES FOUND HERSELF ON A BOAT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH THREE KIDS AND NO TOYS, SHE IMPROVISED: WITH SOME PAPER AND A PAIR OF SCISSORS, SHE MADE SOME OF HER OWN.
Pressed flower biccies
FOR THE BISCUITS: 2 tbsp mascarpone 225g / 8oz unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup icing sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 egg 3 cups plain flour 2 tsp baking powder pinch of salt 1 tsp lemon zest FOR THE FLOWERS: 3–4 dozen organic, untreated, edible flowers (pansies, calendula, geraniums, roses, violets) 1 egg […]
How to make the perfect popcorn
WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR POPCORN 1/4 cup coconut oil 2/3 cup popcorn kernels 3 tbsp butter, melted 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt WHAT YOU NEED TO DO Add the coconut oil and 3 popcorn kernels to a large pot. Cover and cook over medium–high heat until all 3 kernels pop. Remove the kernels. […]
Opinion piece by Mandy Nolan – Why are my kids so worried?
“Why are my beautiful kids SO worried? Is it me? My first port of call is to blame myself. With three different fathers to my four kids, it’s clear that I am the common denominator. Damn! I really wanted to blame their fathers.” My four kids all have various presentations of anxiety. My eldest has […]