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Yoga for Kids

We all know that yoga is a fantastic workout for us as adults, bringing about both stress-reduction as well as increasing physical strength and flexibility. These same benefits can help our kids too. Chances are your kindy or school child is already doing yoga for this reason. Schools have gradually seen the benefits of teaching yoga to students, as even just a few minutes can improve classroom behaviour, reduce anxiety and increase...

Playford Alive Town Park

Find it at: Peachey Rd, Munno Para This is s fantastic one stop shop for the family during the hot summer months. With something for every member of the family you can’t go wrong! Playford Town Park is a HUGE area opened in June 2015. Bring your bike, your scooter, your towel, your picnic blanket, footy, basketball and your BBQ gear and enjoy the whole day down here.The water play areas are the biggest draw card with 4 separate water play...

Our Fave Homemade Ice Block Recipes

Nothing beats a frozen treat on a hot Adelaide day and they don’t have to be full of sugar and hard to pronounce ingredients. Our best flavour combos have always come from throwing in what’s left of the frozen fruit in the freezer, adding some yoghurt or coconut water, blending up in my Magimix, freeze and cross fingers. But if you’re a recipe following type of person, here are some other ideas to try. We love our reuseable My...

Lake Bumbunga – The Pink Lake

We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Kaurna people, the traditional custodians whose ancestral lands Lake Bumbunga is found Head about 2 hours north from Adelaide, around 25 minutes from Port Wakefield and you’ll find the striking pink of Lake Bumbunga cutting through the scenery. Lake Bumbunga is made up of three salt pans which have been harvested for over 30 years for use in swimming pools, water softener and of course fish and...

Family Day Trips from Adelaide

I remember when I was a kid, we would pack up the car and drive into the Adelaide Hills with no destination in mind. Every time we got to an intersection we’d take turns in saying left, right or straight and we’d just see where we’d end up. I remember ending up at Lady Bay once and Strathalbyn another time – it was fun. If destination unknown isn’t your cup of tea, here are a few of our favourite day trips from...

Helping Kids of Different Ages with Reading: The do’s and don’ts

Learning to read is one of the most crucial skills for a child to develop and naturally most parents want to help their little ones to advance as quickly as possible. However, the reality is no two children are the same and when it comes to the development of reading skills, there is no such thing as “normal.” Learning to read generally occurs in three stages. Being able to identify what stage your child is at, and the guidance they need to...

Bali Family Accommodation – 3 of the best are put to the test

Our experience at 3 of the best family resorts in Bali! We recently returned to our favourite family holiday destination, Bali, for 9 nights in November 2016. This was my 8th trip to Bali, and my 4 year old daughter’s 4th. I wanted to try some of the best-rated Bali family accommodation and every Google/Trip Advisor search I did, the same 3 hotels came up every time. So I wrote to them to see if we could stay during our holiday and put...

Unley Oval Playground

Find it at: Trimmy Terrace, Unley The City of Unley consulted with the “playground experts” to help them upgrade the Unley Oval playground. During community consultation with local residents, the City of Unley specifically sought suggestions from children in the area about what they would like to see incorporated into the improved playground, atop the northern mound at Unley Oval, known as the ‘Hilltop Playground’. 93 children from...

Woorabinda Bushland Reserve – Stirling

Find it at: Woorabinda Dr, Stirling “Woorabinda Lake is a magical place where biodiversity and poetry co-exist” Just a small distance from the centre of Stirling is Woorabinda Lake, part of Woorabinda Bushland Reserves – a 34 hectare park with approximately 4 km of walking trails. Loved and appreciated by locals and those in the know, Woorabinda is a magical place to visit. Woorabinda Lake is a bushland oasis that provides a habitat...

How to host a kids birthday party….without emptying your wallet or loosing your mind

Don’t feel like you have to invite EVERYONE! If your budget is small, keep the party small. Just because little Mary had the ENTIRE school class at her birthday party, doesn’t mean you have to. If that’s what your child wants, and you’re happy and able to do so then go for it, but if the budget doesn’t allow it or your child actually doesn’t even want their whole class there, don’t do it. It’s...

Ridge Park Myrtle Bank

Find it at: corner of Glen Osmond Rd and Barr Smith Ave, Myrtle Bank Ridge Park is located on the corner of Glen Osmond Rd and Barr Smith Ave in Myrtle Bank. As you can see from the map below, the park is HUGE and divided up into a number of sections that take up over 5 hectares. It’s the largest open space in the City of Unley. Ridge Park has a big oval, tennis courts, fitness equipment, toilets, an off leash dog area and of course the...

Homemade Lemonade

We picked some lemons from Poppy’s lemon tree this morning and what better way to use them than a batch of delicious cold homemade lemonade. I’ve never made it before, but it was so super easy I had to share. Ingredients 1 cup caster sugar (that’s what the recipe said, but that seemed like too much for me so I just used 1/3 of a cup and it’s perfect) you might need to experiment with how sweet you like it 1 cup water 1...

City of Marion Playgrounds

Do you live in Glengowrie, Sheidow Park, Seacliff Park or Ascot Park? If yes, then great news! The City of Marion are upgrading your local playground. They’ll be at each reserve THIS SATURDAY October 29 2016 to hear what you want to see in the upgrade. The parks and playgrounds currently going through an upgrade process include: Breakout Creek Reserve – Glengowrie Clare Avenue Reserve – Sheidow Park Gully Road Reserve –...

Apricot + Coconut Balls

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, a chef I am not. So when I find a recipe that a) is easyb) I already have the ingredients forc) gets eaten I am sold. 2 cups of dried apricots2 cups of desiccated coconut1 tin condensed milk Whack it all in the food processor. I used my Magimix because it’s an absolute GEM for this kind of thing. Blend it all together until you’re left with a lump of apricot yumminess.Roll it...

Adelaide Markets

I. LOVE. MARKETS! I’ve been on both sides of the market stall, and I am a big fan. Give me a fresh juice, some live music, and some cheese samples and I will come a running. Here in Adelaide we are so lucky to have so many fantastic markets to choose from so we’ve gathered up the ones we know about and added them all to this page. It’s updated constantly with new markets added all the time so make sure you check back each...

MooGoo Review

I wish that I never knew about Moo Goo. Because if that was the case, that would mean that my 4 year old didn’t have eczema and we wouldn’t have needed to try a million creams, balms and oils to try and stop the itches and scratches that the poor thing deals with on a daily basis. But, unfortunately that’s not the case. I do know about MooGoo, and I’ve actually known about it since Winnie was a baby. It was recommended...

My screen time scenario

There are three Mums that started up the initial Kids in Adelaide team. We have 7 kids under 8 between us. All three of us have in some ways similar, but in other ways quite different parenting styles. Isn’t that great! We work together, we’ve been best friends for over 20 years, and despite that we are free and confident to raise our children the way we feel is right for our own families. One way in which we differ is our thoughts...

51 ways to keep kids reading.

Harry Potter tops the list of the best children’s book of all time voted by Australia’s biggest booklovers. Australia’s leading bookseller, Dymocks, has released its annual list of the Top 51 popular children’s books voted for by the Australian public. A record number of over 26,500 votes were cast by Booklovers on their favourite kids book of all. This significant number of votes shows how passionate Australians are about their favourite...

Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary

If you love bird watching the Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary presents an exciting opportunity to explore and appreciate birds in their natural habitat. According to the Parks SA website: “The Bird Sanctuary encompasses over 60km of coastline north of Adelaide, adjacent to Gulf St Vincent, Adelaide’s northern suburbs and spans across four local council areas. Within the bird sanctuary sits the Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary...

BUILD it, don’t BUY it. How to build a great backyard for kids without breaking the bank

As we head towards the end of the year the weather is hopefully on the improve and it’s time to head back out into the backyard and with such a focus on the importance of nature play, risk taking and getting dirty (which we love) we’ve come up with some really easy and inexpensive ways to turn your backyard into a place the kids can’t wait to play in. Outdoor play is so important for many reasons. It benefits child health in...