Recycle… Clothes Old books and magazines Toys and furniture your children have outgrown or don’t use The first step to going green this spring is to recycle all the old stuff you no longer use. Take these items to a second hand store so that someone else can make use of them rather than throwing [...]
Part of getting your children ready for school again after the holidays (whether they’re going back to pre-school or they’re starting their first year of kindergarten) is to get them used to quiet time. After a full two weeks of running around and irregular schedules, it can be helpful to gradually transition your child back [...]
Don’t spend a ton of money or a ton of time trying to track down the perfect costume for your kids. You can make something original easily with mostly things that are lying around the house. Here are some ideas to get the ball rolling on Halloween. Paper Bag Princess Use paper bags and glue [...]
So we all know the image to the left of this article is not realistic. No body’s family looks like this at meal time, it’s an unrealistic standard and one that doesn’t look like too much fun actually! However, there is a balance that can be reached between this picture-perfect family meal and the usually [...]
Bananas -Separate your bananas asap after buying them. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster. -If your bananas have gone brown, peel them and then freeze them to make banana bread or muffins after. If you don’t peel before freezing it’s much messier/harder to do this after it’s frozen. Cheese -Store [...]
I have been grocery shopping for over 15 years. It’s a tedious chore for some, I however, love grocery shopping. Partly because it’s a form of shopping and I’m a bit of a shopaholic, but mainly because the little organizer in me loves the process that leads up to the weekly shop. My favourite part, [...]
Why having a party isn’t always just fun and games TogetherFamily.ca has loads of information about planning the perfect party for your children. What to make, how to decorate, choosing the right games – but what about the guests? A recent article in the Globe and Mail has called attention to the destructiveness of [...]
In the holiday issue of Together Family, I wrote an article called “Choosing Childcare” about six mothers’ childcare choices and why each choice worked well for each family. Anne was one of the women I interviewed and she chose to stay home with her daughter Ashley. She said she never had any doubt about being [...]
I will be taking my children out of school for two weeks while we go on vacation. What can I expect from the classroom teacher in terms of keeping up with homework? Although parents have the right to remove their children from school during the school year, the Ministry of Education does not encourage the [...]