When Should My Child First See the Dentist?
Let's face it, going to the dentist can be a scary experience, even for most adults. When we ask our new patients the question 'Do you ever feel anxious about visiting your dentist?' most...
10 Tips to Help You Teach Your Child to Ride a Bike
Teaching your child to ride a bike can be a daunting task, to say the least. The nerves and emotions that it brings up can be quite overwhelming for your little ones (and for...
5 Handwriting Tips to Help Build Your Little One’s Competence & Confidence
With Term 3 underway, we thought we'd speak to the team at Kids Are Kids! Therapy and Education Centre and get their top tips for developing handwriting from an early age. If you have young...
8 Books to Help Kids Manage Anxiety
Your child's anxiety about school, the dark or about being away from mum and dad is a normal part of their development. But watching your little ones eyes fill with fear or anxiety is...
Learning a second language: 5 amazing proven benefits
Experiencing the world with only one language at your disposal is like only using the default applications on a computer when you have an entire app store at your fingertips.
And there are numerous benefits...
8 Book Series for Your Young Reader
It’s always a feeling of great achievement when your young reader progresses from reading picture book to chapter books. There are so many wonderful books that can introduce your little ones to the grown-up world...
Stressed Out Planning Your Child’s Birthday Party? Read This…
Dear stressed out Mama,
It was 12 o’clock (Midnight) and I was still up making cardboard Paw Patrol badges when I suddenly questioned every step in my life that led me to that moment.
What on...
Local Recycling Centres Around Melville
Recycling your waste is one small way your family can help save the planet and its natural resources. Recycling not only reduces the amount of landfill, it reduces pollution, saves energy and conserves natural resources. Some recycling...
5 Tips for Dealing with Early Rising
Early rising has got to be one of the most common sleep issues that parents face, particularly in the summer months. Our little people can all of a sudden decide it’s time to wake...
8 Books to Help your Kids with their First Day of School
Starting school for the first time is a large step into the unknown for your little ones. Not surprisingly, this can cause lot of "first day of school" butterflies for them (and for mum...