What is Holistic Education? By Hannah from Ark & Luna Self-reflective, creative, intrinsically motivated beings with a balanced world view is the ultimate goal of holistic education. So what is it?… Holistic education models celebrate the child for who they are, here and now. Acknowledging and supporting their life experiences and barriers and adopting a […]
By Jo Larcom from Motherhood & You Have you heard of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)? Imagine trying desperately to do the right thing but your body wants to move all the time so you end up knocking things over and always end up in trouble. Imagine hearing something that sounds normal to others but to […]
By Emily Smith from Be Think Do Coaching Seated on the couch are a group of Mums wearing food stained clothes, hair in a messy bun, bags under their eyes. The conversation is about going back to work. One Mum is going back to work full time, another part time, there is also one Mum […]
BY ESTHER – GATHER & PLAY For a lot of us parents the use of ‘time out’ as a behaviour management strategy is a given. Many of us experienced it as children, and it’s certainly a common fallback strategy for parents when children aren’t behaving the way they’d like. Do you remember […]
Before children you imagine what your days will be like. Playing in the park, making fruit salad and brushing your little ones hair. No one tells you that they’ll all run off in opposite directions, that they’ll only eat the fruit salad if the apple is not touching the banana and well let me tell […]
“Tap” away kids’ anxiety in 4 easy steps with “EFT” It’s a fact that we all experience stress and anxiety in our lives growing up (and well into adulthood!). However, for some, a normal response to stressful situations becomes abnormal when the negative emotions and responses don’t go away once a stressful situation is removed. […]
Have you found yourself googling ‘Why isn’t my child talking much?’ Are you comparing your toddler’s speech to your friends’ children? Then this blog written by Speech Pathologist Kyla Hudson, is for you: I’m super excited to have long-time friend and professional speech-language pathologist, Kyla Hudson, joining us with a blog today. Kyla has many […]
Concentration, Attention Span and Focus….. these are areas that all parents question of their children at one time or another. Luckily we have Jennifer from @where_learning_meets_play; a teacher and mother to six children to put our mind at ease. Jennifer shares 10 tips for planning activities for children, and gentle ways to slowly build upon their […]
Have you ever noticed that your newborn is drawn to specific toys or items around your home and then other things just seem completely invisible to them? I welcome Bianca from My Little Booky Wooky to explain the reasons behind this… Have you ever noticed that your newborn is drawn to specific toys or […]
FINE MOTOR SKILLS; I’m sure you’ve had them mentioned to you once, twice or a thousand times! We know they are important, but why? I’m so thrilled to have Kirsty Gibbs from @learningblocksaustralia joining us today to explain… Kirsty began her career as a teacher in 2006. Since then she has worked in all areas […]
My vision for Growing Kind is not just to sell beautiful toys. I want to change the world through play with our children.
I want to change the world for the better by encouraging more kindness, more inclusion, more acceptance and an unstoppable resilience.
I want to encourage people to love themselves more, love others more and be conscious of their own trauma and biases.
Growing Kind respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work, learn and play, and pay respect to the First Nations Peoples and their elders, past, present and future.
