by SchoolMumsCorner | Nov 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Well it’s that time of year again….teacher’s gifts. There are some that feel that teachers are just like any other profession and don’t need additional gifts or gifts of gratitude while others go above and beyond to show their appreciation for the work teachers do....
by SchoolMumsCorner | Jun 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Are you struggling to come up with party ideas for tweens that haven’t been done before? Here is an emerging new trend that you might like to try. It sounds a little weird, but read on. Kids love it, we promise. Let’s start off by letting you know that Kmart is not...
by SchoolMumsCorner | Dec 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Christmas and baking just naturally go hand in hand – don’t they? Even if you aren’t very handy in the kitchen, it can be hard to resist the temptation of tackling some Christmas baking when December rolls around. We love the idea of homemade gifts, and when you...
by SchoolMumsCorner | Dec 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s that time of year again when we spend the equivalent of a month’s mortgage on presents for our kids. If you are stressing at the idea of the expense, or struggling to come up with gift ideas that aren’t tired or lame, we are here to help. Let’s talk...
by SchoolMumsCorner | Nov 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
The regular person probably understands that an occupational therapist is good at helping people get back to work – but may not know beyond that what an OT does. An OT has an amazing range of skills and can help with a huge number of conditions. There are quite a few...
by SchoolMumsCorner | Nov 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
There are plenty of articles about stopping thumb sucking in toddlers, but what do you do if your child is a bit older than that and still sucking their thumb? What if your school-aged child is still sucking away? Let’s have a look at why your child might be still...
by SchoolMumsCorner | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
As much as we love to pull out the old parenting favourite, ‘When I was a kid, we didn’t have screen time!’, there’s probably a better way to manage your child’s screen time than switching them off and booting your kids out the back door. As children, we were faced...
by SchoolMumsCorner | Sep 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
It can be really hard to create a balanced life for your kids. We used to think that it was not good for our kids to just watch TV or play computer games endlessly after school, so we started to schedule in activities to broaden their minds. Then more recently we have...
by SchoolMumsCorner | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Mum guilt – ugh! The reason mums are so exhausted isn’t that they carry the physical workload of two and a half full-time jobs. Or because of the 72 mum-admin tabs open in their brain at any one time, or because they feel emotions so deeply that their heart might...
by SchoolMumsCorner | Sep 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Mum guilt is totally a real thing, and the weight of that sucker could wipe you out if you let it. It may help you to tell yourself that you aren’t crazy, and you aren’t alone. But it will probably help you more to work out some strategies to deal with this constant...
