Our Playful Learning theme for February is going to be Homes and Houses. I partly chose this as I felt with a newborn in the house, a large portion of our days…
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Children are curious by nature, they ask a lot of questions, and rightly so; the world is a complex place for little ones (and adults) to comprehend, and it is…
I created Rosalie this snowmen tracing printable last week for some pre-writing, pencil control and fine motor practice. She loves using her whiteboard pens and tracing over things, just as…
This Arctic Small World proved to be a big hit with Rosalie, and with me because it was so simple to set up! It gave her opportunities for sensory play…
Last week I made Rosalie a little winter themed picture matching game*. She really enjoys playing with rice, and her winter sensory tray has been a big hit this season,…
As part of our Snow and Snowmen themed playful learning this January we made a batch of white play dough so that Rosalie could have some fun stamping out snowmen…
With 2016 behind us now, I have been planning January’s Playful Learning activities to do with Rosalie, and this month they will be around winter, snow and snowmen, with a bit…
It’s important to make sure that the birds are fed, especially in winter, and a fun way to talk about this with toddlers and preschoolers is by making homemade bird feeders.…
I set this winter sensory tray up for Rosalie on the first of December, with the intention of bringing it out as and when we had a lull throughout the…
It will come as no surprise that our December Playful Learning themes are going to be Winter and Christmas. There are so many wonderful things to do in the run-up to…
This is a really simple toddler science experiment which I tried with Rosalie a few weeks ago. She is nearly three, but you could easily do this with younger ones…
Rosalie will be three in December. I frequently get asked whether she’s started pre-school yet, when she will and where she’ll go; to which I reply that no she hasn’t…
I love autumn; I love the way the air smells, I love scuffing my boots through autumn leaves, I love wrapping up warm and wearing wellies, and I especially love…
Rosalie turned 18 months old this week (how did that happen?!), so I thought in celebration of that I would share some of the activities we get up to during…