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		<title>Peaceful &amp; Sensory Drawings and Paintings &#8211; and the making of peace stones.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; As humans, there are many ways of living, being and knowing peacefulness.  As parents and teachers, we can explore the concept of peace with our children by sharing many of the cultural stories, legends and narratives, not to mention artworks, songs and events based on peacefulness. Offering multiple ways of living, being and knowing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Images of Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by John Olsen, these peace paintings were created with our new paint brushes (dowel and paintbrush taped together to make extended brushes), we explored how our body might move across the paper with our giant brushes that sometimes required both hands and feet to be a part of the action, we also played peaceful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Images of Peace</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/building-resilience/images-of-peace</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Art provides young people with authentic meaning- making experiences that engage their minds, hearts and bodies&#8217; &#8211; Susan Wright from Understanding Creativity in Early Childhood. In the style of the famous picture book Wilfrid Gorden McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, which follows  the central character as he asks every resident from the old people&#8217;s home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Outdoor Classroom &#8211; Environments for discovery and inquiry</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/nature/the-outdoor-classroom-environments-for-discovery-and-inquiry</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer.” Author Unknown &#160; Recent frolicking adventures at the beach were full of discovery and inquiry.  The amazing find of small rock pools full of tiny micro-organisms were sketched, photographed, scooped, and tracked.  We especially loved finding the tiny granules of &#8216;white sand&#8217;(Salt) and had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing with Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by Herve Tullet&#8217;s, &#8216;Play of light&#8217; children loved exploring light within the positive and negative spaces of the book and loved experimenting with the concept of light with paint and how light travels with the wonder of electric tea light candles and water beads in clear perspex bowls.  Rich discussions also emerged around how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gnomeo Worlds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating this gnome slash dinosaur garden was lots of fun recently.  It started after my children were inspired by the hit film Gnomeo and Juliette.  They have not been able to stop thinking about gnomes and whether they actually come to life in the backyard&#8230; this has inspired searches high and low for all sorts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mud Pie Kitchen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This mud kitchen was so much fun setting up with my children and each day it seems to evolve a little further,  we have plans to build oven shelving, collect more tubes to run water from the funnels all the way to the sand pit.  I think this is possibly one of the best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homemade Chalk Paintings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to http://shareandremember.blogspot.com/2009/08/sidewalk-paint.html for the wonderful recipe, we explored variations of this on black card, using only spoons to trail, drip and explore whole body movements, the process saw the children&#8217;s confidence and divergent thinking skills grow  as they explored what might happen as they mixed the raw ingredients and what could be as they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unstructured Play &#8211; Cracking open moon rocks, throwing water filled balloons and sock puppet planes.</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/play/unstructured-play-cracking-open-moon-rocks-throwing-water-filled-balloons-and-sock-puppet-planes</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most homes are filled with interesting materials for children to explore at their own pace and in an unstructured way.  Children who are not accustomed to the battery operated/powered toys can easily find pleasure and play out of just about anything.  Take some party balloons in the study&#8230;today they were quickly filled with water, tied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moon Rocks</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/sculpture/moon-rocks</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moon Rocking was so much fun in recent workshops.  The children loved exploring the actual mixing of coffee grinds, coloured sand, flour, salt and water to make giant batches of moon rock dough.  They kneaded, twisted and rolled into shapes, filled balloons with various treasures and hid the balloon inside the moon rock dough, painted, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stone sculptures, driftwood fairy gardens, fire twirling and the pleasure of sink mud.</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/nature/stone-sculptures-driftwood-fairy-gardens-fire-twirling-and-the-pleasure-of-sink-mud</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stacking, arranging, balancing, creating contrast with beach stones. Sorting, arranging natures treasures Making a stone family The delicious feeling of sink mud&#8230; every child&#8217;s dream. Catching a snake for dinner Arranging the composition Building a fairy village complete with bridge, secret lairs and lookouts Swiss Family Robinson moment with some washed up rope (most probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every Child</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/every-child</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of the recent media attention surrounding the budding four year old artist exhibiting her work in NY, I have not been able to stop thinking about this little girl and her rich experiences in the arts.  It also stirred in me the perspective of how every child should have this powerful experience regardless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Inspiration from the Game of Mixed Up Art</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/taking-inspiration-from-the-game-of-mixed-up-art</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking inspiration from Herve Tullet&#8217;s amazing book &#8216;The Game of Mixed Up Art&#8217;, children have permission to engage in action drawings and paintings, intersecting lines, avoiding and delighting in high speed collisions of coloured lines and splashes of paint.  This activity engages the most spirited of children.]]></description>
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		<title>The Pleasure of Felting Stones, Landscapes, Spacescapes and More!</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/the-pleasure-of-felting-stones-landscapes-spacescapes-and-more</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ancient art of felting engages and relaxes children and adults alike.  Take simple raw wool, warm soapy water and friction, and colourful fibres can be wrapped around canvas boards, a collection of stones, turned into spacespaces, landscapes and just about any thing.  Children and adults love twisting, overlapping, curling into shapes, rolling, layering each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playful Art</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/playful-art</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 07:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagination allows us to escape the predictable &#8211; Bill Bradley &#8216;It is not about the product, but the process&#8217; is a saying commonly used within the arts and especially in the context of arts based experiences for children, however I delight in the moments when &#8216;the process&#8217; challenges young minds to create new forms from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Colour experiments</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/water-colour-experiments</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 11:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exploring the translucent nature of artist quality watercolour paints, watercolour pencils and concepts like blending, bleeding, layering, tone and contrast not to mention the powerful collisions as we combined elephant shaped trunks with lion heads, flower and leaf shaped ears on animal bodies. &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Spontaneity: Finger and Toe People</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 22:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This moment of creative spontaneity was so much fun.  Drawing tiny expressions and people on fingers and toes can be a fun way to engage in the arts at any time of day.  After a few explorations each toe and finger person take on a particular voice, action and even become a  character in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Printing with Young Children</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/printing-with-young-children</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Printing is a wonderfully creative experience to explore with children.  Be it prints from found objects or nature or carved designs children delight in watching the original image appear on a different surface or with printing ink or paint.  One of the easiest ways to print with young children is to go on a nature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long Weekends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each day presents another moment to discover the joy that lies within. What happens when we add blue food colouring to the fish tank? Adding ice cubes and making whirl pools. Discovering how the tiny seedpod boat from yesterday filled with water, sank and closed again. A caterpillar preparing a cocoon in our lime tree. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the spirit of &#8216;Simple Abundance&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Ban Breathnach acclaimed author of the &#8216;phenomenal international bestseller&#8217; of &#8216;Simple Abundance&#8217; defines the the very notion as being, &#8216;an inner journey;  &#8216;a spiritual and practical course in creative living&#8217; and &#8216;a tapestry of contentment&#8217; and cleverly threads the words of Russell. H. Conwell, &#8216;Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Spirit of &#8216;Zookini&#8217;: Hybrid Creatures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are lucky enough to live locally, you simply must visit the Perc Tucker Gallery to explore the amazing work of Jenny Orchard and her &#8216;Zookini&#8217; inspired creations.  In the true spirit of &#8216;Zookini&#8217; creatures, children in workshops explored their own hybrid creatures last week.  This term we will be continuing similar lines of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/natural-freedom</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nature provides everything a child needs&#8230; especially open ended explorations.  The children loved the freedom of thinking, dreaming, inventing, imagining and problem solving in the great outdoors today.   In what seemed a heart beat, hours passed as they collected, constructed and negotiated the structural and aesthetic qualities of the build.  Even more fun was had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature: The Greatest Gift for Children.</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/nature/nature-the-greatest-gift-for-children</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=404</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Richard Louv, acclaimed author of Last Child in the Woods and Jennifer Ward &#8211; I love Dirt! both understand the impact nature has on healthy child development but it is the visible delight in a child&#8217;s eyes and spirit that confirms what we as parents feel deep inside when our children have the freedom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easter Rituals: The Easter Tree</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/easter/easter-rituals-the-easter-tree</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Easter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Quite a family ritual, the Easter Egg tree represents one of our strongest family values&#8230; spending time together.  Each year we delight in searching local bushland and winding river paths to find just the right branch to paint.  This year we decided on silver spray in a can, last year we had lots of fun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nesting</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/easter/nesting</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Easter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=379</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All children delight in the simple, yet intriguing act of sculpting tiny nests out of clay, lining with feathers, wood shavings, felt and wool.   They also love decorating an assortment of eggs to fill the tiny nests.  These craft eggs were embellished by cutting found patterns from craft paper and napkins, dipping in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rainbow Bunnies</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/easter/rainbow-bunnies</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Easter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Marshmallow bunnies have been a long standing tradition in my family and my children love to experiment with new shapes and forms, the modern twist is actually in the experience of letting children explore food dyes as paint and cotton tips as paintbrushes and the bunny marshmallow shape as a 3D canvas.  The youngest children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting and Teaching: the power of a global village</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/building-resilience/parenting-and-teaching-the-power-of-a-global-village</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Building Resilience]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Quite a few creative parenting handouts this term have focused on real life strategies to build resilience in our children, our parenting and ourselves.  As busy parents, we put a lot of effort into parenting our children and can lose sight of just how powerful the strategies can be for us too.  One of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Resilience in Children &#8211; Utilising the Arts</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/building-resilience/building-resilience-in-children-utilising-the-arts</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Building Resilience]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For young children and even adults it is quite difficult to translate a 2D drawing into 3D.  We start the process by teaching a basic building technique and then teach each child to problem solve and learn from each other to build a form up, out, in, create voids and various other design elements.  In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Harmony Day is all about belonging&#8230; if we belong&#8230; we can be&#8230;.and we can become&#8230; this is my vision for all.</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/nature/international-harmony-day-is-all-about-belonging-if-we-belong-we-can-be-and-we-can-become-this-is-my-vision-for-all</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a special day like International Harmony Day 21st of March, I always ask my children what they think harmony day represents, what harmony means and things we could do to live each day following the philosophy of harmony day.  When I asked my children, they responded by saying harmony is having peace, it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Literacy links to the Arts &#8211; Imagination Stories</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/literacy/literacy-links-to-the-arts-imagination-stories</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The arts lends itself to so many rich literacy links&#8230; sometimes we don&#8217;t even have to facilitate the magic&#8230; the children do.  After completing a series of paintings/collages in her own free time, my daughter patiently waited for them to dry and was asking for a stapler&#8230; I inquired what she was making and she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freerange Kids: the benefits of nurturing nature</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/nature/freerange-kids-the-benefits-of-nurturing-nature</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Freerange kids are not only happier and more connected to the world, they actively learn the importance of caring for all living things.  A while ago now my children wanted to plant giant sunflowers in the garden.  Over the weeks they began to understand the elements of nature and how important to the growth of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stretching Creativity</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/stretching-creativity</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes&#8221; says Marcel Proust from Patricia Ryan Madson&#8217;s amazing book Improv Wisdom. It is not the first time in workshops that I have used this brilliant &#38; printable template from Susan Striker&#8217;s website with children, but each time a child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More handmade Christmas Creativity</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creative-parenting-christmas-tips/more-handmade-christmas-creativity</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Parenting Christmas Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the last day of Christmas workshops all of the discovery boxes came out for children to explore, imagine and create.  Watching the children learn from each other and explore the textures and possibilities was amazing.  Driftwood was tied with various shades of green fur, felt and fabrics to create trees, wadding was added for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pendulum Painted Gift Wrap</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creative-parenting-christmas-tips/pendulum-painted-gift-wrap</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Parenting Christmas Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I saw Teacher Tom&#8217;s amazing pendulum construction I just had to try it.  I featured it as a discovery activity at our annual Art in the Park event, but since then it has proved to be quite popular and can be used for a number of purposes.  Recently the pendulum came out in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Creatures</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/christmas-creatures</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure everyone remembers using a straw to blow runny paint across a page&#8230; but this year in our workshops we developed this simple technique by blowing green paint over a white gift bag and looking for what the green paint blob could become.  Some turned their bag upside down and declared they had created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diffusing Paper Lanterns</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creative-parenting-christmas-tips/diffusing-paper-lanterns</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Parenting Christmas Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=300</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Soak two sheets of diffusing paper into water and let the children explore watery dyes and the magic of colour mixing by painting, dripping, bleeding, overlapping and layering paint over the entire sheet of paper.  Immediately stand paper and form a cylinder shape to create a magical lantern.  Add that extra bit of Christmas magic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homemade Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creative-parenting-christmas-tips/homemade-christmas</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Parenting Christmas Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since you get more you out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give. Eleanor Roosevelt A homemade Christmas always brings joy to my family.  One  project we have taken up this year is  the making peace candles or celebration candles.  Basically, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fostering  Eco-Awareness</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/eco-art/fostering-eco-awareness</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eco-Art]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most amazing projects we have explored this year has been our collaborative art project.  Our annual Art in the Park afternoon saw children and parents begin the design and building process for Gus the eco-friendly dinosaur.  We used discarded pvc piping for legs and wrapped trash in newspaper for the body, more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to Draw &#8211; an intentional teaching moment</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/drawing/learning-to-draw-an-intentional-teaching-moment</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drawing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I often see children using drawing stations or tables in schools and centres.  For teachers and parents this drawing time is a wonderful opportunity for intentional teaching moments.  I see it as an opportunity to help children go beyond the stereotypical drawings we as adults might still use &#8211; the stick figure.  A few simple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gingerbread Construction</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creative-parenting-christmas-tips/gingerbread-construction</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Parenting Christmas Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The gingerbread cottage with drainpipe and sugared grass. The gingerbread house&#8230; can you see the proud gingerbread owner sitting in the snow on rooftop! Designing the garden was lots of fun&#8230; and the tiny sugared hearts made great reindeer food. Balancing and gently fixing the roof on. The finished gingerbread tepee. The children had so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature Walks &#8211; finding a secret stairway</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/nature/nature-walks-finding-a-secret-stairway</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Discoveries are made with every step. A secret cave!  I wonder what kind of creature lives here? A butterfly shaped leaf.  We had lots of fun letting it fly. Notice the u shaped stick in my daughter&#8217;s hand&#8230; it was her treasure finder&#8230; complete with beeping sounds when a special object was found. Found treasures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edible Art inspired by Saxton Freymann</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/edible-art-inspired-by-saxton-freymann</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have always loved the amazing images and tinkering behind the work of Saxton Freymann&#8217;s books &#8220;How are you Peeling&#8221; and &#8220;Dog Food&#8221;.  The clever selection of fruit and vegetables become amazing creatures displaying real emotions win over the hearts of children and adults alike.  This was the case at a recent art workshop.  Children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Cards to Encouage Creativity</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creative-parenting-christmas-tips/christmas-cards-to-encouage-creativity</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Parenting Christmas Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas Cards can be stamped, sewn with buttons, hole punched and threaded with ribbon.  One of our favourite ways to make cards is to dip fingers (especially thumbs) into paint to make several impressions, let dry and then with felt tips turn the thumb and finger prints into people, animals and objects related to Christmas.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticky Christmas Pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creative-parenting-christmas-tips/sticky-christmas-pictures</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Parenting Christmas Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am sure all of us have made many sticky pictures in our past.   This activity was inspired as they children explored a range of Christmas decorations and figures from a Nativity set that usually come out at this time of year.  The children gravitated towards particular figures including Mary, the Nutcracker and tiny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painting to the Beat of a Drum</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/painting/painting-to-the-beat-of-a-drum</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Painting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Watching children explore with their entire body as they paint to the  sounds of drumming music,  one cannot help but feel and see the music dancing across the page.  I like to encourage a range of music samples and a range of places to paint.  On table top, easel, indoors, outdoors, with paint, with water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco- Christmas Cards</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creative-parenting-christmas-tips/eco-christmas-cards</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Parenting Christmas Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A fun way to use up discarded bubble wrap is to let the children paint directly on to it, a roller works best.  Let dry and cut up into shapes to adorn Christmas Cards.  You can experiment with simple shapes, overlapping and repeating shapes for great results. Variations on this idea could include the children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergent Curriculum &#8211; Learning from the Children</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/emergent-curriculum-learning-from-the-children</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 06:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyday children provoke many opportunities for learning.  Be it in the home, at school or in a creative space they constantly teach me new things.   It is the &#8216;rich&#8217; interactions with children that  challenge my adult assumptions of how the world works  while fueling many intentional teachable moments.   In workshops, one of our favourite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art inspired from children&#8217;s fascination with Willbee the Bumblebee.</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/art-in-inspired-from-childrens-fascination-with-willbee-the-bumblebee</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 06:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In previous weeks, children have explored wet chalk and water colour paints as they listened to  an orchestra making various bee sounds.  The fascination for creatures from the garden continued this week as children turned steel scourers  into bee, butterfly and dragonfly creatures complete with wire legs and recycled paper bead eyes and bodies.  Children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mini worlds &amp; Play Based Moments</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/imaginative-play/mini-worlds-play-based-moments</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Imaginative Play]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Elephant Lair Recently as I was reading the much loved Dr Seuss classic, ‘Horton Hears a Who’ to my children there was a subtext going on in my head.   Firstly I was thinking how clever Dr. Seuss actually was&#8230; not merely for his fascination for rhyme but the very deep and meaningful messages behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring colour in a thoughtful and deliberate way.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exploring colour mixing can be so much fun with children of all ages.  In our workshops, children have lots of time to observe lots of objects and treasures from nature.   This colour exploration was the result of a small child collecting several feathers.  As adults, teachers and creative parents we can encourage children to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imaginative Worlds</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/imaginative-worlds</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, we have been busy exploring imaginative worlds.  In our workshops children have  spent time exploring colour mixing in a very fun way.  Large sheets of white felt were placed on a table top, eco-friendly and edible powered paints were sprinkled all over,  water was then splashed, dribbled and poured over the powered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imaginative Play Moments</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/imaginative-play/imaginative-play-moments</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Imaginative Play]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My son is always picking up interesting sticks on our travels and is always inventing new ways of using the collection of sticks.  One stick today inspired so many imaginative play moments, I just had to share them.  While dropping my daughter at school this morning my son found a long, thin stick.  Instantly it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imaginings from Nature</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/nature/imaginings-from-nature</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is amazing to capture moments in time when children are at one with nature, when they see the possibilities behind sticks, sea grass or a piece of driftwood.  I love to encourage children to dwell in moments of imagining what organic forms in nature could become.  I am most delighted to have wonderful parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cool it AromaPlay Clay</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/products/cool-it-aromaplay-clay</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Cool It&#8217; Our gorgeous blue chamomile scented clay.  Perfect for calming and getting those little ones down for a nap. Maxi tub (roughly 180 grams) A$9.90]]></description>
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		<title>More than just a Marble Painting</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/more-than-just-a-marble-painting</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The benefits of marble painting with children go far beyond the desire to create a painting using novel materials.  In an extended exploration children can be encouraged to manipulate the marbles by moving, rotating and tilting the tray in various ways.  They can also be encouraged to explore what happens with fast and furious movement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Felted Fun</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/creativity/felted-fun</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=80</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Children delight in the sensory exploration of raw felt.  They can use their creative energy to make thick lines,  thin lines, spirals, overlap, twist and bend felt pieces into landscapes and compositions.  This exploration can be transformed into a felted canvas by gluing threads and shapes down on a board or canvas.  Other materials can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some of Our Nature Challenges&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On our date with nature we found a treehouse for the smallest of sea creatures. We also discovered lots of faces hidden in the bark of this old tree. This is  a fun alternative to cloud imaginings.]]></description>
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		<title>The Natural World</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/nature/the-natural-world-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/?p=34</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest.  It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living. Sir David Attenborough. This quote reminds me of one of the most powerful ingredients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Start of Summer</title>
		<link>http://www.scribblesandsquiggles.com.au/blog/nature/the-start-of-summer</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As our local weather gets slightly cooler&#8230; it becomes an ideal time to explore all the outdoors has to offer&#8230; the trees, dirt, sun, wind, water, living creatures small and large.  At home you might like to start with explorations in DIRT! In a patch of dirt or sand tray of dirt, provide your child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take a nature walk with a difference – Melting Sculptures</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scribbles &#38; Squiggles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flee to the great outdoors armed with a basket. Collect interesting flowers, leaves, twigs and seed pod.  When you get home fill plastic containers with water and encourage your children press in and arrange all the natural objects they have found from their nature walk into the water filled containers.  Freeze for several hours, turn [...]]]></description>
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