Toddler Fun

What To Do When You’re Almost Two.

March 27, 2012

The girls are at school and the big boy is at kinder, that just leaves the smallest at home. Noey is not used to being at home on his own. He’s used to having one, or three big kids to follow around. He’s used to having all his older siblings arguing over who he loves [...]

What To Do With a Big Box? – Make a Tunnel!

February 14, 2012

Another bonus of the never ending renovations is the never ending supply of big boxes! We haven’t even got the new kitchen appliances and already we’ve made a Lego town with one big flat box, and when the shower frame came out of it’s box (don’t get excited, that doesn’t mean we have a working [...]

Sensory Play – Keep it Simple with Ice Blocks

December 13, 2011

There is nothing better than a bit of water play on a hot day, or even on a cold one. Water play is one of those activities that offers opportunity for learning in all developmental areas. It’s soothing, engaging and just plain fun, yet sometimes it seems like too much work and too much mess, [...]

Play Dough Patterns

November 15, 2011

Yep, I’m blogging about play dough again! I am collecting quite a few blog posts about play dough ideas and activities. It’s a good thing I like playing with dough as much as my big boy does. The small boy is even starting to take some interest in the activity. He’s had a few tastes [...]

Sensory Play – A Tub Full of Seeds

November 8, 2011

I’d been saving up this activity for when I really needed to pull out something special. After a particularly bad day last week with lots of yelling (by the kids and me) I knew that time has come… I quietly got out two tubs, a couple of containers, funnels and some scoops I’d been saving [...]

Getting Started with Activities for your Kids – Guest Post from Hands On As We Grow

October 31, 2011

I’m taking some time off from my blog this week, and inviting a few guests to write for me. My first guest post is from the very ‘hands on’ Mum, Jamie from Hands On : As We Grow! How do you start doing activities with your toddler or preschooler? I started hands on activities with [...]

Easy Art For Kids – Marker Paints

October 11, 2011

I saw this idea to make liquid water colour paints at Artopotamus and pinned it to save for ‘one day’. Then ‘one day’ arrived as I cleaned out the art cupboard and was about to throw out all the markers that no longer worked and I suddenly remembered! I only had a couple of markers [...]

Sensory Play – A Tub of Bubbles

September 20, 2011

Sensory play doesn’t have to be a hugely messy activity, even if you set it up inside! Today we set up a little tub of bubbles, just for one, or maybe two! We started with a small tub and some small measuring cups, scoops and spoons that come with all the kids medication. We set [...]

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Printable Love or Lunch Box Notes.
February 3, 2012

I am back making school lunches and next week my big boy will need lunch for kinder (preschool) too, thankfully only once a week, but all of them want to know when I will start leaving notes in their lunch boxes! So I think it’s time for some new lunch box notes. I am not [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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