Author: Medowie Gumnuts

What should your child be able to say and when? Oh listen to her. Doesn’t she sound cute? She says ‘wuck’ for ‘truck”. Do you, as a parent, do you often wonder when words move from the ‘cute’ category to the ‘is this normal’ category? Is it normal for a three year old to struggle with the word ‘truck’? The …
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Preschools nationwide are embracing the nude food revolution and encouraging children to bring a rubbish free lunch to preschool. For the uninitiated, ‘nude food’ is food that comes to school without disposable packaging – extra plastic bags, paper bags, wrappings, plastic water bottles or cling wraps. Australia is the second highest producer of waste per person in the western world! …
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At Medowie Gumnut Preschool, we are passionate about nutrition for children. Children have their own unique nutrient needs and meeting those needs is vital for a child to grow up big and strong (and healthy)! A child’s diet should consist of a variety of foods that contain a range of nutrients. Nutrients In Food When talking about food, you’ll often …
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