teepees for children
As you all know by now, I am a great fan of birthday parties. I have three children and like every mother on the planet I planned their parties for weeks. I quickly discovered that not all children like birthday parties and I had to accept that you can celebrate […]
When a friend and I started this business in 2014 we were really just messing around. We only sold four teepees that year. In 2015, mainly due to our page on Jozikids did we start selling more teepees – in the region of 20 in the first six months. I […]
I am absolutely passionate about making this day special and memorable for my children every year! I would spend days planning and making sure I have covered everything from the birthday breakfast to the last little gift under their pillow before bedtime. I used to love hosting children’s birthday parties […]
A day of celebration and recognition of brothers and sisters. Encourage your children to think of of special ways to show love and appreciate this amazing bond on National Siblings Day this year. A little bit of history and something I did not know and thought I should share. The […]
In January I wrote a blog post on Montessori Learning at Home and thought I should expand a little on this topic. With more and more kids being homeschooled since Covid-19, let us take a look at Montessori Learning Materials. What better way to teach children how to complete daily […]
Experiential learning activities are the practice of learning through doing. They encourage children to have first-hand experiences with the materials, rather than learning through someone else. For children who have not yet started reading or those who struggle to read experiential learning offers an effective way to learn. With the […]
Lately, new parents are so competitive and face such social pressure to begin their child’s education way too early. The importance of experiential learning for your child, can’t be understated. It is important to understand that young children need unstructured play and experiential learning to develop to their full potential. […]
I discovered Montessori learning at home when I began researching school options for my first child, Nina twenty years ago. I began a training Montessori diploma and observation programme and started applying it at home. Nina was only one and a bit at the time and using these principles worked […]
There are just so many teepees on the market these days. I find myself wondering why there are such huge price discrepancies? Of course I would like to support local so it is obvious that mass imports from China would be cheaper than locally produced. How to choose a teepee […]
There’s a reason why they call that time in the late afternoon to early evening the witching hour (in my case I called it suicide hour) – when your baby goes into meltdown for no apparent reason. Overstimulation, hunger and tiredness can lead to a world of misery for both […]