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My Qantas Moment

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

I call it the Qantas moment ... though i am not currently on the plane (But if i am ever feeling homesick the Qantas song kills me... Anyway, Every time I visit China, away from my beautiful family, wonderful friends and day to day demands of running 2 businesses, I have a few moments to breathe. This allows me a rare moment of insight into m..

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Good Parenting - Timeless Advice

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Despite the barrage of mixed messages us parents are inundated with today, there are a couple of themes that never seem to change; being the advantages to your children of physical activity and the benefits of developing gross motor skills at a young age. Physical activity It is widely considered that attitudes towards physical activity are estab..

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Top 5 Tips for Buying Better Gifts This Christmas

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Stop! Take a deep breath and slow down for just a minute. These five tips will help you choose the perfect gift for your child this...

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Gross Motors Skills Lead to Academic Excellence

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

A child's ability to understand the world around him and communicate with others is based on early, adequate sensory and motor-skill development and integration, as well as stable emotional...

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Tackling Childhood Obesity With Play

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Sedentary leisure pursuits are widely available to children and are replacing traditional active pastimes and the outcome of this is becoming alarmingly...

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Trees for tikes

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

We at live play create conscious of leaving our world a great place for our children to grow up and therefore choose to minimise the impact on the environment through everything we do. As part of our commitment to the environment, we have formed a relationship with carbon neutral whereby one tree will be planted for every product...

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Striking a balance with LIVE PLAY CREATE

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Over-entertaining' seems to be the future for kids play. We were determined to make sure our kids grew up balanced and adventurous.....to be curious, confident and capable of making their own fun . To this end we set up LIVE PLAY CREATE to supply toys we wanted our children to learn from and...

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