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Looking for ‘tired’ signs with your baby
How do you know when your baby is ready to sleep? Babies can become overtired quickly so it is important to watch them closely and learn to recognise their signs of tiredness – before they become irritable and overstimulated. Some baby tired signs are obvious – such as yawning or thumbsucking – but others aren’t […]
Chores without all the nagging
I want our kids to want to help. That’s all there is to it. I want them to do chores WITHOUT nagging them constantly to do them. I don’t want to have to keep up with chore charts. I don’t want to have to remind them every day. These tips will help to give you […]
When to check your child’s hearing
With universal screening at birth, permanent childhood hearing loss is usually picked up straight away. Yet some childhood hearing losses don’t start until later. According to Hear and Say, which helps hearing-impaired children in Queensland, between nine and 12 in every 10,000 children are born with a moderate or greater hearing loss in both ears, […]
Aged Care Mentoring Model to improves workplace
A new national resource which aims to improve residential and community aged care through education, training and leadership has been launched. South Australian aged care provider, Resthaven, recently celebrated the completion of the federal government ‘Encouraging Better Practice in Aged Care’ (EBPAC) initiative, titled Aged Care Clinical Mentor Model of Change: Six Steps to Better […]
Musical activities help develop listening skills, essential for learning
Bringing international music and culture in to kids’ hands. To extend on drums, a recorder and maybe a guitar many children have in their toy box, a new series of interactive books, Musicadventures is bringing children the sounds of instruments from around the world. In the first book in the series, Lir Ilir kids can […]
The new, most household
For the first time in Australia’s history, within a few years the nuclear family (a couple with children) will no longer be the most common household. While today they make up 33 percent of all households, soon the couple-only household will be the most common. A number of factors are influencing this transition, including Generation […]
Encouraging gentle play
The most important thing is to not get too upset when they don’t. Playing nicely with others is a skill we spend our lives developing. It’s both simple and enormously complex, and takes a lot of practice. Most children make all kinds of mistakes along the way. They have to learn, for example, that while […]
Making choices about end of life
We all die eventually, of course, but these days it’s very hard for doctors and loved ones to let patients and relatives die without first doing “whatever it takes” to try to keep them alive. That is, unless they’ve left clear instructions to the contrary. The overwhelming priority for doctors is to save life. In […]
Getting your child into music
“Children who engage with music from a young age have an edge in all areas of learning, and an ability to concentrate for longer.” Did you know Mozart started learning how to play the piano at the age of three? When it comes to giving your children the advantage, Musica Viva’s experts say it’s never […]
Social and emotional timeline – what to expect at different ages
Kids mature and develop at different paces, but there are certain social and emotional milestones you can expect at different ages. Keeping tract of your child’s progress as social and emotional skills develop can help reveal potential issues. The following timeline shows what’s considered typical behaviour as a child develops. Read More
7 Critical Warning Signs of Speech & Learning Disorders!
Early Intervention and School Readiness
Speech Clarity
Language – understanding and expression
Stuttering
Trouble Reading
Spelling 
Early Intervention and School Readiness
Speech Clarity
Language – understanding and expression’ 
Stuttering
Trouble Reading
