Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category

Balls, Beanbags, Parachutes and More

It may just seem like all fun and games but there are also very important physical and cognitive benefits to play and structured activities. These types of activities are particularly good for children with special needs and also for group fun at daycare centres and preschools. Educational Esteem has an extensive range of great resources from Kimbo Educational – a family-run company that specialises in music and movement. Read more

Literacy Music Resources for Kids

It is widely acknowledged that music is an important part of a balanced education for children and can help improve numeracy and literacy. The simple and fun act of singing with your child will build language and early literacy skills

Also, the ability to feel, express and keep a steady beat (a consistent, repetitive pulse) is an important prerequisite for language development as it affects speech flow, attention span, motor skills and reading comprehension. There’s no better way to learn about a steady beat than through rhyme or song. Read more

Poems

To celebrate babies and joy and tears children bring into our lives we want to share two poems written at our girls’ births,
Ella & Andrew.

Viola’s Violets Can’t be Anything But Beautiful

Up till now I’ve been afraid to write
Your soothing scream, my hand is released.
One day when you can comprehend
I’m sure you’ll read this and be truly pleased?

My eyes shed a tear
And yours do their uttermost too
Joy, vulnerability, determination, fear
I see in your face so blue

I wonder about your first feeling and thought
I hope you can keep this memory so pure
And always keep believing, dreaming
Making them your life’s ultimate allure

Viola, Viola you’re already so dear
The twenty-fourth of October will never pass
Is yours to keep year after year
From now until the very last

I wish you health and happiness in this life
Through all of those days
So does your mother, family
And all at the Bays

In the maternity ward where you first gasped a breath
Let’s not leave all the fear and the pain
But bring some of it with us and happiness
As we head for home in the sunny spring rain.

© 2001 Andrew Wright, all rights reserved
May not be plagiarised, nor copied or reproduced in any form for commercial use without the written permission of Andrew Wright. Parents can copy for personal use only.

Our Bonnie Lass Is Born

The misty rain has dissipated
As the sunlight takes over the sky
You birth is more than anticipated
In mum’s womb you comfortably lie

Not quite ready for the outside world
They say your name is Caesar
Though we will call you Bonnie
A name that’s more than a pleaser

So shocked you are to breathe our air
You are totally full of fear
As we are overwhelmed with joy
You hold on to us so dear

Then you open your gorgeous blue eyes
To remind us of one day when
We clung so tightly to our mothers’ breasts
The misty rain is back again.

© 2005 Andrew Wright, all rights reserved
May not be plagiarised, nor copied or reproduced in any form for commercial use without the written permission of Andrew Wright. Parents can copy for personal use only.