On My Mind Archives - Little Snippets https://littlesnippets.co.uk/category/on-my-mind/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:54:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://littlesnippets.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-IMG_9069-32x32.png On My Mind Archives - Little Snippets https://littlesnippets.co.uk/category/on-my-mind/ 32 32 Do you even have a Prefrontal Cortex though? https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2023/11/28/do-you-even-have-a-prefrontal-cortex-though/ https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2023/11/28/do-you-even-have-a-prefrontal-cortex-though/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:41:47 +0000 https://littlesnippets.co.uk/?p=10452 Did you know that our brains aren’t fully developed until we reach the age of around 25? I learnt this fact recently and it totally blew my (now fully developed) mind. The last part of our brains to finish developing is called the Prefrontal Cortex, and it’s the part in charge of problem solving, impulse […]

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]]> https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2023/11/28/do-you-even-have-a-prefrontal-cortex-though/feed/ 0 This Quiet https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2022/11/10/this-quiet/ https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2022/11/10/this-quiet/#respond Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:41:42 +0000 https://littlesnippets.co.uk/?p=10357 The children are at school, the house is quiet. For years I thought I wanted this quiet, I craved it, and I still sometimes do. When the house is loud, the mess is overwhelming, I still find myself longing for quiet. When sticky hands are everywhere, too many screens are making too many sounds and […]

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]]> https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2022/11/10/this-quiet/feed/ 0 Monday Musings | I Miss Them | Instagram Repost https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2022/10/17/i-miss-them/ https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2022/10/17/i-miss-them/#respond Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:00:19 +0000 https://littlesnippets.co.uk/?p=10327 I miss them- When they are at school, I miss them. The house is weirdly quiet and I haven’t quite worked out how to get on with my days without them here. But when they come home from school everything becomes frantic- the emotions, the things they’ve been holding in to tell me all day, […]

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]]> https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2022/10/17/i-miss-them/feed/ 0 Toddler Crafts | Snow Scene Jar https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2021/12/12/toddler-crafts-snow-scene-jar/ https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2021/12/12/toddler-crafts-snow-scene-jar/#respond Sun, 12 Dec 2021 18:00:10 +0000 https://littlesnippets.co.uk/?p=8363 This morning we made snow scene jars and Darcie enjoyed it so much that I thought I would share the idea on here too. I’ve seen pictures of similar jars on Pinterest but I’ve never seen it recommended as a toddler craft activity before. I love doing any crafts with Darcie but my favourite ones […]

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]]> https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2021/12/12/toddler-crafts-snow-scene-jar/feed/ 0 How I Pick Myself Up When I’m Feeling Low https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2021/09/01/how-i-pick-myself-up-when-im-feeling-low/ https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2021/09/01/how-i-pick-myself-up-when-im-feeling-low/#respond Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:38:24 +0000 https://littlesnippets.co.uk/?p=9990 Self confidence has been a battle for my whole life. I used to say that it’s only been since becoming a mother, but actually I’ve always struggled to feel confident in myself. When I was younger there was a big pressure to fit in with everyone else, to have the right clothes and go to […]

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]]> https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2021/09/01/how-i-pick-myself-up-when-im-feeling-low/feed/ 0 Life, Lockdown & Loungewear https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/11/29/life-lockdown-loungewear/ https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/11/29/life-lockdown-loungewear/#respond Sun, 29 Nov 2020 21:34:27 +0000 https://littlesnippets.co.uk/?p=10051 I’ve been neglecting my blog again. I write posts, I save them as drafts. Drafts that I forget to come back too. I have a thought, I quickly share it on Instagram. What would have previously become a blog post, is now lost in a sea of posts and stories. It’s a shame, because I […]

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]]> https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/11/29/life-lockdown-loungewear/feed/ 0 Starting School In A Global Pandemic https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/09/20/starting-school-in-a-global-pandemic/ https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/09/20/starting-school-in-a-global-pandemic/#respond Sun, 20 Sep 2020 20:36:45 +0000 https://littlesnippets.co.uk/?p=10016 School – the great unknown. The big wide world I knew I wouldn’t ever be ready for my daughter to discover. The care of someone else that I didn’t want to ever hand her over to. I’d been wondering how it would all be for a few years now. I don’t think any parent can […]

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]]> https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/09/20/starting-school-in-a-global-pandemic/feed/ 0 Time https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/09/08/time/ https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/09/08/time/#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2020 18:47:29 +0000 https://littlesnippets.co.uk/?p=10010 Time is always a funny of thing, we always seem to be running out of it, making the most of it, wasting it or wishing it away. Very rarely are we left with a sense of ‘perfect time’ or a perfect amount of it. Time has always been an enigma, but 2020 seems to have […]

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]]> https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/09/08/time/feed/ 0 10 Things That Have Made Me Happy This Week 22.03.20 https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/03/21/10-things-that-have-made-me-happy-this-week-22-03-20/ https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/03/21/10-things-that-have-made-me-happy-this-week-22-03-20/#respond Sat, 21 Mar 2020 21:21:10 +0000 https://littlesnippets.co.uk/?p=9766 Long time readers of this blog will remember the days when I used to manage to churn out one of these lists once a week. They’re some of my favourite posts to look back on but somehow I got out of the habit of writing them. In the light of everything that is going on […]

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]]> https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/03/21/10-things-that-have-made-me-happy-this-week-22-03-20/feed/ 0 Why We Chose A Forest School & Our Experience So Far https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/02/12/why-we-chose-a-forest-school-our-experience-so-far/ https://littlesnippets.co.uk/2020/02/12/why-we-chose-a-forest-school-our-experience-so-far/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:33:53 +0000 https://littlesnippets.co.uk/?p=9656 Whenever I mention forest school, whether that be ‘in real life’ or online, I am always met with questions. ‘What do you mean they are outside all day?’ ‘What about when it rains?’ ‘Does she enjoy it?’ ‘Like seriously, outside all day?!‘ You can imagine! So I’ve been wanting to write this post for a […]

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