It's all about the bugs in our family lately. The kids have been playing and exploring outside most days. And along with the sunshine, the bugs have started making an appearance as well. Everyone is full of questions and my boys would just love to see some of the bugs up close. Wanting to respond to ...
How to Create a Stone Quarry Small World
If you can not walk, ride or drive past a digger without squeals and pleads to stop and watch for hours, this simple stone quarry small world is for you. Read along and see how you can put together a pretty amazing invitation to play and explore construction vehicles and rocks. Lots of rocks. ...
The Noisy Noisy Farm Story Basket
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 ...
Non Toy Play Kitchen Essentials every Family should have
The play kitchen is BY FAR the most popular toy in our home. It has been played with every single day for the past 7 years. In time we have gotten extremely good at improvising and coming up with new ways to keep things interesting in our play kitchen. Today I want to share with you our list of non ...
How to Set up a Simple Ladybug Sensory Tray
Spring is in the air. The green leaves, the flowers blooming, the feel of the sun on your face and the smell of grass is what we've all been waiting for all winter long. We'll also be waiting for the first ladybug to arrive. These little cuties are every toddler and preschooler's best friend and a ...
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 ...
Recycled Garage Small World: Turning Trash into Treasure
A couple of years ago I noticed this too ugly to be true toy car garage in our local thrift store. I tend to not buy stuff when it's that ugly but there's was this potential I saw in it that I could not ignore. I was going to turn this trash into treasure and create a fabulous garage small world ...
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 ...
35 Ideas to Play on a Tray, Simple Invitations to Play, Create and Explore
The idea to play on a tray was first introduced to me at our former Montessori preschool in New Zealand. The first time I entered the classroom I expected play corners but was greeted with neatly organised shelves with ... trays and ... things? How little did I know that first day and how much do I ...
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 ...