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Newsletter - November 09

The Best of Parents, the Worst of Parents... 

I often feel that, in my work with babies and young children, I must exemplify and model the best ways of relating to children and to a large degree I  suppose I do do that... except with my own children that is...

Some of you will have witnessed the time I brought my younger son, Jude, to a session at Kingsdown Leisure Centre (which I had done on several occasions as he loves the sessions). On this particular occasion he had the most spectacular meltdown so I had to deal with a very fractious child and manage the class which was pretty tricky to say the least! On top of that I felt that I had to model good methods in dealing with such outbursts which only added to the tension!

Any of you who work with children will know that that is much much easier to do with someone else's children who don't quite know your 'buttons'! The upshot was that several of the parents were delighted to know that my children behaved like this too!

News

I'm low on news this month! Let me know any dates of interest to parents or services that I can pass on.

Dates of interest to Bristol Parents


  • The Comedy of Errors - Circomedia 4-13 Mar, 7.30pm, http://www.oldvic.ac.uk
  • Easter Egg hung Slimbridge - Sat 3 April http://www.wwt.org.uk
  • Cattle Country  if you've never been there before, try it - it's great! Reopens at Easter
  • Bristol Zoo - Zooropia the new aerial ropes course is open (charges apply with discounts for members)
  • Acquarium - is apparently great
  • Explore -as always lovely
  • Westonbirt - always great if you like trees (please email me if you don't like trees and I'll send you different activities!
  • Bristol City Museum - kids art gallery and more
  • Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust promotes 'Wetlands in My Backyard' or WIMBY - looking at ponds or wet places in your garden
  • Storytelling at Borders every weekend at 11am and 3pm on Sat and 3pm on Sun
  • Storytelling at Explore, weekends, Mondays and school holidays at 2.30pm
  • Thrifty Thursdays cooking and other nights (e.g. organic food on a budget) at the Better Food Company,
  • Saturday Rhymetimes at the Central Library , library storytimes and Playspace news and events
  • bookmark and revisit this website regularly for dates of events open to the all children and their families.
  • Bristol Storytelling Festival starts Fri 29th Jan
    Bristol Story Cafe - Jan 21st at La Ruca on Gloucester Road
     
    Funnies
    Interesting You Tube videos children over 5 might enjoy (check them out without them first in case you don't think they are suitable and make sure they don't try them at home!).
    • The amazing art of parcour - makes Tatty Bumpkin look like child's play! For older children (check this first in case you think they might take it too far!)
    • glove love
    • greatest ever wedding entrance ...
    • next week's Tatty Bumpkin class ...
    • sleeping bag aerobics - the following week's class...
  • That's all folks!

    Paula and Tatty  x

    Links
     
    www.tattybumpkin.com for Tatty Bumpkin clothes and toys
    www.blossomandberry.com natural parenting site
    www.puppetsonline.co.uk Mr Brown's Pig puppet shows and pirate mayhem
    www.getfitter.net great classes and tips for health
    www.greatergoods.co.uk the UK's only fair trade incense

    happytracksinthesnow.wordpress.com

    my parenting blog

    www.woodcraftfolk.org

    home page or the national organisation

    www.northbristolwoodchips.wordpress.com

    come visit our woodcraft folk group blog to fing out whats happening!

    www.bristolstorytellingcafe.co.uk

    storytelling club

    www.cafemaitreya.co.uk

    great veggie restaurant in Bristol

    www.joehoare.co.uk

    the laughter guy!

    www.relaxkids.com

    great mediation and relaxation CDs for kids

    www.suepalmer.co.uk

    Sue Palmer wrote the brilliant book Toxic Childhood

    www.bigmamaslings.co.uk

    range of slings including luxury slings for hire or to buy

    www.lifecycleuk.org.uk

    adult and children's cycle training

    www.mumandworking.co.uk

    great website for mums juggling work and children

    www.bibandtuckerfoods.co.uk

    Healthy children's food for weaning and parties        

    www.this-little-piggy.co.uk

     


     
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