Do you have a child that wants to read the same stories over and over again or sings certain songs non-stop? I do, and it drives me insane. Old Macdonald has a Farm is the latest offender in our house (and car). Someone needs to turn that noisy tractor around and I found the thing to do just that ...
Hairy Maclary Small World Storytelling
Hairy Maclary was one of Noa's first favourite books. We read it again and again and again. There's something about this little dog, his friends and his adventures that captures the hearts of little ones. And to be honest, that little scruffy dog has grown on me too over the years. I have been ...
How to Make Braided Bookmarks
My (almost!) 5 year old daughter and I have been having a lot of fun braiding up a storm over the past few weeks. After we made princess braids, we designed a couple of fairy braid hair clips and this week we've created some braided bookmarks. We're slowly moving on from the big print picture ...
Good Night Gorilla Story Basket
Putting together a story basket for your children's favourite book is a great way to expand on traditional storytelling! Setting the scene in a small world kind of way allows children to relive the story over and over again. Not only will they be the story teller, they might even make up their own ...
Small World Sensory Play “We’re going on a Bear Hunt”
We've been going on bear hunts for at least two years. You could say we're bear hunt experts. We've hunted for big bears and small bears. We've hunted with our friends and we've hunted by ourselves. We've hunted indoors and we've hunted outdoors. In fact, I think we're pretty close to being ...
Amazing List of Books that Encourage Creative Play at Home
I love books, always have. I usually have a couple of books around the house which I am reading or am planning to read in the near future. Since starting up this blog I've been collecting books about encouraging creative play at home. These books I share with you today are all different but what ...