Back to School!

Yep, holidays are over and it's back to school!  Even I am at school for a while, working as a teacher aide and loving it!

I hope you are all enjoying being back at school or kindy or preschool or wherever you are.

What did you like most about the holidays?  Not having to get up early?

My favourite part of the holidays was going to the Milford Sounds - which are actually 'Fiords' not 'Sounds'.  Fiords are formed by glaciers melting and Sounds are formed by rivers and sea chipping away at the land.  Here are a couple of pictures I took of the Milford Fiords.

If you'd like to send me your favourite picture from the school holidays, you can - email it to songs4kids@gmail.com - I 'd love to see them!

Amazing waterfalls...

Captain James and me...

At the back of the boat trying not to get wet!

Seals on the rocks....

Mist, rain, clouds, waterfalls...the Milford Fiords are very very cool.

Rainy Days

There are so many things to do on rainy days!!  Crafts like, egg carton masks or pipe cleaner people; arty things like drawing, painting or collage pictures.  Playing with your Lego, cars, dolls, dress-ups.  Make a tea party for your soft toys, make up a new song, write a story, make a hut out of blankets and the lounge furniture! 

 In my last post you'll see a link to making Jet Packs - then you could pretend you were blasting off to the moon and floating around in space!

You could ask the rest of your family to play a board game, like Cluedo or Monopoly.  Play tiddly winks or marbles.

You could watch a movie or play some games on your iPod or tablet - but only for a short time - watching screens makes you tired and might give you SQUARE eyes!!

How about a game of cards?  If there are a few of you, you could play snap, fish, memory or last card.  If there's only one of you, you could play Patience!!  When I was young we played a lot of cards and really liked Clock Patience.  Click HERE if you'd like to learn how to play.

If you're allowed to go outside, you can have HEAPS of fun in the rain!  Jumping in the puddles, looking up and letting the rain fall onto your face, even opening your mouth and letting the raindrops go in!

That's it for now - remember, there's no need to get bored on a rainy day!!

Travelling On

I traveled from Nelson to Auckland, stopping in Wellington, Levin and Palmerston North for some gigs.  I took some photos of scenery along the way....but I deleted them from my camera by mistake!!  

I said on my radio show that I would post how to make a jet pack!!  Click Here and it will take you to the instructions.  Here's a picture of what they'll look like.  Cool aye!?

Here are some I took and didn't delete!

That's all for this time - see ya next time!

After a break!

Hi!!  It's been a while since I posted on this blog!  This will have some fun things on it....so keep checking back!  It's for you KIDS to read...or ask an adult to help you read it if you like.

Listen to my radio show on Fresh FM on Saturday mornings at 10 past 7 and Sunday mornings at 10 past 8 - I'll be putting things up here to go along with my show!

Coming soon.......HOW TO MAKE JET PACKS and HOW TO PLAY PATIENCE....see ya soon!

GRANDPARENTS ROCK! Concerts

COME AND JOIN MY BAND AND I ON TOUR! 

 WE ARE GOING TO BE AT:
NBS THEATRE, WESTPORT 21st APRIL, 2.30pm
THE REGENT THEATRE, HOKITIKA, 22nd APRIL, 10.30am
GERALDINE CINEMA, 23rd APRIL, 10.30am
LYTTELTON MAIN SCHOOL HALL, 24th APRIL, 10.30am
HANMER MEMORIAL HALL, 25th APRIL, 2.30pm
KAIKOURA OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATRE, 26th APRIL, 1.30pm
RENWICK HALL, RENWICK MARLBOROUGH, 27th APRIL, 2pm
VICTORY COMMUNITY CENTRE, NELSON, 28th APRIL, 3.00PM

Mapua Leisure Park FUN!

So much fun at the Mapua Leisure Park from the end of December to 20th January!!

Here's just a few photos to show you what we did!

Made calendars

Collages

Masks

Clay creations

'Flick' and straw blowing pictures

Mapua's Got Talent contest!

New Year's Day......bouncy castle.....

.....Kath Bee singing......

We kept the tide back!

Old fashioned games

Ice block stick baskets

toasted yummy marshmallows

Mmmmmmmm 

Triathlons

Sir Greg blew his bugle and helped us make bamboo rafts

Dad LOVED getting his face painted!

Eeeek!  What IS that.....FEAR FACTOR!

A visit to the Fire Station

Melting wax for the firelighters for VOLCANOES...

And here are some volcanoes on the beach!

Woohoo!!  See you all next time!!