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BusyBrainsActivityPacks
- Mar 12
- 8 min
Helping siblings to get on
Sibling bond. One minute they love each other, the next they argue over everything! My top tips for helping them get along.
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BusyBrainsActivityPacks
- Jan 17
- 12 min
Why can't my baby just let me sleep?
A guide for sleep-deprived parents of babies over a year old, written by a mum who has been there.
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BusyBrainsActivityPacks
- Dec 17, 2019
- 5 min
Perfect Christmas?
The pressure to create magical memories for our children can be intense at this time of year. Do you feel it?
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BusyBrainsActivityPacks
- Dec 10, 2019
- 7 min
Multi-tasking
Multi-tasking, or plate-spinning, is something that we all do, but, at this time of year, I feel like the plates speed up.
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BusyBrainsActivityPacks
- Nov 26, 2019
- 3 min
The power of independence
This quote got me thinking – how much do I do for my children and how much do I expect them to do for themselves?
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BusyBrainsActivityPacks
- Nov 19, 2019
- 2 min
Do your children like messy play?
Why should we encourage, even seemingly unwilling children, to participate in messy play activities?
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BusyBrainsActivityPacks
- Nov 19, 2019
- 1 min
What do one-year-old babies crave?
Attention.
Watch how motivated this baby is to try to communicate her needs.
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BusyBrainsActivityPacks
- Nov 19, 2019
- 2 min
How do we learn to ‘read’ emotions?
Facial expressions are only part of the clues we use to understand how someone is feeling.
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