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Scissor Skills: Snipping Flowers and Leaves

Posted on November 4, 2014

Snipping Flowers and Leaves - a fun way to practice scissor skills

Noah is four, and he wants to cut everything! I remember a certain other small child with the same passion, and she ended up cutting her hair on several occasions! I am kinda keen for Noah to be so busy cutting appropriate things that he won’t have the urge to cut anything he shouldn’t be […]

Crazy DIY Geoboard

Posted on October 28, 2014

Make your own DIY Geoboard and add some cool and crazy accessories for even more fun!

It’s really no fun when you are sick, and it’s raining, and Mum won’t let you watch TV…. It’s no fun at all, until Mum goes a little overboard and makes a huge, DIY geoboard, and adds all kinds of crazy accessories! It’s funny how a simple idea grows into something much cooler than you […]

Pattern Blocks – 20 ideas, activities and free printables

Posted on October 18, 2014

A simple invitation to play with pattern blocks - find lots of ideas, activities and resources for pattern block play

Noah is four. For a four year old he is pretty good at playing independently for fairly long periods of time, but sometimes he needs a little encouragement to get started. Sometimes, when I really need to get some work done and he just can’t settle into playing with any of the toys we have […]

Eye Dropper Activity Tray

Posted on August 26, 2014

Eye Dropper Activity Tray - fine motor, art and science rolled into one fab activity!

Eye droppers are fabulous tools for kids. They work the small muscles in their hands, which they need to develop for writing, plus you can do so many fun things with them! My ten year old helped me set up a surprise for her little brother and together we created this fun eye dropper activity […]

Exploring and Creating with Coloured Glue

Posted on July 15, 2014

Exploring and Creating with Coloured Glue - an easy art activity

Sometimes art is all about getting stuff onto paper, and getting sticky and messy as you go. That is what our art looked like this morning when I gathered the empty glue bottles, added a little PVA to each bottle (we used Micdor craft glue but you can use any white craft/school glue), a dash […]

Pompoms, Beads, Grabbers and Perspective.

Posted on March 14, 2014

Pompoms, beads, grabbers and perspective. Choosing to see the positives of simple play.

Perspective is an amazing thing. The beads all over the floor could be all about a small boy’s joy. They could be half an hour’s peace to get something done without a helper. They could be fine motor skills, and counting, and colour recognition and imagination. The beads all over the floor could be frustration. […]

Confetti Collage

Posted on February 18, 2014

Confetti Collage - an easy and fun art activity

We seem to have a bit of an obsession with glue at our house. Almost every morning Noah asks if he can do ‘gwuing’. It doesn’t matter what sort of glue we use, or what we stick with it, we just need to go some kind of ‘gwuing’ every day. It’s lovely to see my […]

Learning to Cut

Posted on November 29, 2013

Learning to Cut - a quick and easy activity for beginning cutters!

Being told you can’t go with Daddy is tough at 9am on a Friday morning. It’s tough on the three year old who cries and cries, and tough on the Mum who is left to try and make things better. Making it better was going to require some really awesome distraction on my part and […]

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