Farm books are always a hit in our family. With three children, the "farm stage" was always there. Always. Mr. Fox (almost 2) is currently in the thick of it. We have farm songs, noises, books, animals left and right. Now, when you have a book activity that combines all of the above, you know you ...
Make a Perler Bead Rainbow Fish for Pretend Play
The rainbow fish is an all time classic. This beautiful story about a gorgeous rainbow fish that discovers the joy of sharing has taken the world by storm. In our family the rainbow fish stories (and television episodes!) are a favourite with the toddler and preschooler crowd. We try to be creative ...
How to Set up an Old MacDonald had a Farm Story Basket
Old MacDonald's farm is the one song all children will go crazy about at one stage or another. Our youngest son, Mr Fox, is now fully immersed in the 'animal' phase and it's terribly cute. If there is ever a time to get out the Old MacDonald had a Farm story basket, it is now. Have a look how we ...
Four Seasons Train Track Small World
The wooden train set is an absolute classic toy. We've had ours for about 7 years now and it's still going strong. One of our favourite train activities is small world play. It's so easy to set up and kids just love taking their trains on adventures through different playscapes. This four seasons ...
Magical Animal Search and Rescue Pretend Play
Most kids love a bit of dramatic play and Miss Glitter (almost 7) is no exception. Any topic will do but when there are dragons, mermaids or other magical creatures involved, she'll happily go to that fantasy world of hers where unicorns rule. When we (finally! couldn't wait!) received our copy of ...
How to Put together a My Color is Rainbow Story Basket
There are only a few books one will await so eagerly to arrive as this one: My Color is Rainbow by Agnes Hsu and Yuliya Gwilym. For those of you who don't know, Agnes is the writer, editor and creative brain behind Hello Wonderful, a website filled to the brim with colorful, happy and insanely ...
12 Ways to Tell a Story (and over 60 book activity ideas!)
Children's story books capture the essence of childhood, don't you agree? It's the snuggles on the couch, the repetitive rhymes, favorite characters and bedtime story rituals that we'll remember with such fondness years from now. We all have shelf somewhere full of children's books, but are we ...
Simple BIG / small Sorting Activity
We have this book at home, titled "Big Things". My two older kids went through a stage where they absolutely loved it. They couldn't get enough of this book. The funny thing is that it only has 3 pages. Three pages with an image of a big thing. There are no words, just a whale, a truck and an ...
Three Billy Goats Gruff Invitation to Play
Kids love hearing the same stories over and over again. They love it even more if you tell the same story in different ways, using different kinds of props. The possibilities are endless. This week, we created a Three Billy Goats Gruff invitation to tell the story with play dough and props. Scroll ...
The Little Yellow Digger Sensory Bin
My almost three year old son has two obsessions: dinosaurs and diggers. He takes them everywhere. I love the noises and imaginative play in action and I adore the little conversations I secretly overhear him having with his toys. I'm all about exploring interests so I recently got him the classic ...