Try this simple water play idea with your kids, get them to wash the dishes! This easy sensory play idea is quick to set up, low mess, and lots of fun! Sometimes I go all out and set up elaborate play spaces and activities for my kids. But some days I am all about making […]
We Play Puzzles and Games and Everything!
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 […]
Online resources for kids.
My kids generally have very limited access to the internet, both through circumstances (crappy country net access) and my personal views on kids and technology and boundaries we’ve set. But with the school holidays almost upon us, winter weather keeping us inside more and the uncertainty of exactly when this baby will arrive making big […]
We Play – Cotton Bud Painting.
I’m putting my money where my mouth is today… or my blog where my mouth is, so to speak. For the past two Teach and Learn Carnivals I’ve blogged on about art and how important it is for little kids…. and today we actually did some! Nothing flash. Just a big sheet of paper, some […]
Why Art is Important for Little People.
I have a thing about art and little kids…. I think they should do lots of it. Even though I often don’t want to face a potential mess, or I can’t really be bothered getting out the supplies, or I just don’t feel like supervising my small people when they create…. despite all those things […]
We Play – More Sorting.
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 […]
We Play.. and Sing Car Songs!
Joining in with Childhood101’s We Play series today. ‘Car World’ was recently constructed in my living room…. At first it was just a line up of cars, then it became some roads, then a bridge which, with the return of the Big Girls from school, turned into a ramp that flew cars off the table […]
Make an Autumn Crown.
Are you looking for a beautiful autumn leaf craft to do with your kids? Try making one of these lovely autumn crowns. To make your autumn crown you’ll need to collect a whole lot of autumn leaves! Go outside, visit a park, or take a walk around your neighborhood and collect as many different kinds […]