Toddler Fun

Ten Things for Kids to do While Waiting.

March 8, 2011

Since The Father Figure became unwell we’ve had many trips to hospitals and doctors and there has been a lot of waiting around for the kids. And it’s not just that waiting around is boring, but at hospitals and similar places the kids are expected to be reasonably quiet and not run up and down [...]

Ice Painting

February 8, 2011

It was hot here last week, and as I was filling the ice block trays for the eleventy hundredth time a little idea popped into my head. I got out the food colouring and dropped some colour into each ice block, then popped them in the freezer. The next day we donned aprons, found paper [...]

We Play – Tiny Treasures

August 17, 2010

While I helped with reading activities in the Twindaoes’ class this morning, Muski spent the time taking out every little thing from the maths manipulative shelf. After he and I had packed away all the counters and dice and quesenaire blocks we went home and were inspired to get out some of our own little [...]

We Play Washing Dishes.

July 20, 2010

Sometimes I go all out and set up elaborate play spaces and activities for my kids. But some days I am all about making life easy and keeping it simple. Today was an easy, simple kind of day. When Muski asked to get out water play this afternoon, I thought for a moment about finding [...]

We Play Puzzles and Games and Everything!

July 13, 2010

I had grand plans for what the Middle Boy and I would play today. Grand plans for getting out the puppet theatre and puppets and putting on a show… But sometimes grand plans get scuttled by a morning full of tantrums and tears and just needing five minutes peace to regroup… and before you know [...]

We Play Dolls.

July 6, 2010

Not surprisingly there has been a lot of interest in babies in our house of late. So we hunted out the dolls and the big basket of dolls clothes, found a few spare baby blankets and set up the Big Boy’s new castle cubby with comfy places for babies to sleep…. Muski was given this [...]

We Play – Building Songs

June 22, 2010

We are keeping it simple on the play scene in our house this week… just the good old fashioned toys that I know will hold the Small Boy’s attention for a decent period of time. Duplo, of course is top of that list. We build and we sing these building songs… “Build it up, Build [...]

We Play – More Sorting.

June 8, 2010

Sorting is big in our house at the moment. The sorting tray from a few weeks back is still getting lots of use but the almost three year old is forever leaving me little lines of sorted goodness all around our house… Cars, duplo, animals, wooden blocks, gum nuts, threading reels… all are good to [...]

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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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