Cooking with kids

May 4, 2012

Fried eggs with bread fried in butter is a dish my 9 year old son, Orlando, made up by himself. We ran out of bacon so he fried bread instead and it turned out to be a huge hit with him and his dad so now weekends involve Orlando proudly offering to cook breakfast. Him [...]

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Staying organised!

April 13, 2012

Staying organised with kids, deadlines, house, your social life and the family commitments is more than a full time job and then on top of that you probably go out to work or study or homeschool or try to be self sufficient – oh my! how on earth to stay sane – to stay out of the [...]

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Holiday weekend coming right up

April 4, 2012

This weekend is a holiday weekend for us and maybe for you too? It is a celebration of Easter and Passover in many countries — do you celebrate? If so I hope you have a wonderful weekend filled with family, fun and food! A few weeks ago my family and I worked on some fun [...]

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Art with kids

March 28, 2012

Last week on Whipup.net we had some wonderful guest bloggers, talking about art with kids: Vicki Smith from the blog  Art with Kids wrote an amazing guest post explaining a few ways that she unleashes the creativity of children in her art teacher role, she says: The tactile experience is important for children to feel connected to what they [...]

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Action Pack :: Special Easter Edition

March 22, 2012
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Action Pack: Easter 2012 Edition – is Available now only $4 for 20 pages of craft, science and cooking. This is an e-magazine – you will receive a download link to a high quality printable pdf [which can be printed or viewed on your computer and on a Tablet or iPad]. Go to our shop Welcome [...]

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Creative family time

March 15, 2012

Evenings in our house are a time for creative family bonding. We go through phases of reading novels, playing board games and doing creative writing or drawing prompts. We don’t have a tv and so we need to be more creative with our time together. Sometimes we will just read our own books in a [...]

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Ready for some science play?

March 9, 2012

Don’t forget: If you haven’t already got yours — Grab an Action Pack Magazine for kids — it’s the Mad Scientist Issue: In our 9th issue of Action Pack Magazine for kids, we continue to encourage kids to think and do for themselves, to be independent and creative learners, they are able to explore science through art, cooking [...]

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Action Pack: Issue 9 {Mad Scientist Issue}

February 27, 2012
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Welcome to the Mad Scientist issue [Issue #9] of Action Pack Magazine for kids. In this issue there are more than 14 fun, curious, tasty and artistic scientific experiments:  You will learn about microwave expansion and the science of bubbles and yeast, you’ll experiment with crystals and make some cool potions too.   Action Pack [...]

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Science is in the air

February 14, 2012

I am working on the next Action Pack Magazine for kids. It’s nearly ready to launch and will be lots of fun. It is the Mad Scientist issue and is filled with some fabulous science experiments, can’t wait to show you! If you are an Action Pack fan — make sure to check in on our facebook page for updates and [...]

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Things to make, cook and experiment with

February 8, 2012

Action Pack Magazine now has a Facebook page – by popular request I have set up a facebook page for the Action Pack mag – so please head on over there and ‘like’ it and also do post your kid related craft/science/cooking projects up there plus any ideas or inspirations you would like to share. [...]

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