When our littlest ones are very little, we seem to collect a great amount of board books. They are the best for those tiny hands with their impossible to tear pages, beautiful drawings and simple story lines. Today I want to show you that even at this stage, you can start expanding your regular ...
Simple Edible Construction Sensory Play
There this phase in certain children's lives that is called "the construction vehicle phase". Others may know it as "the dinosaur phase", "the shark phase", "the fairy phase" or "the farm animal phase". Oh, there are many phases and us parents live gloriously through them all. We read the same ...
Hattie Peck Story Basket
If the story of Hattie Peck, chicken extraordinaire, isn't on your radar yet, you need to run (don't walk!) and grab yourself a copy asap. Hattie Peck is a beautiful story of a mama hen who simply wants a family of her own to love. Putting together a Hattie Peck story basket is a great way to ...
Simple Farm Sensory Play for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Toddlers and preschoolers simply can't resist a sensory table. This urge to play and explore is so very deeply ingrained in all children and any gorgeous invitation will appeal to that part of them. While we all love well thought out and beautifully set up sensory bins or small worlds, the truth is ...
How to Set Up a Simple Autumn Sensory Box
As the days are getting shorter, the leaves are changing colour. Summer has come to an end and Autumn has arrived. I love this season of beauty and it's melancholy feeling of time slipping through my hands. The kids have grown so much and are about to start another year of school. There's a lot ...
Medieval Themed Play, a Kid Wonder Box Review
For the longest time I've been looking at subscription boxes wondering if would be worth the money. I loved the idea of my kids getting creative projects in the mail once a month, but I worried about them being rubbish and adding to that pile of play things no one plays with anymore. As if reading ...
Easter Tree Decorating for Toddlers
Toddlers want nothing more than to be involved in every single thing that you do. Cute? Yes. Handy? Not so much. But with a little ingenuity, we can always find a way to embrace their sweet little enthusiasm and give them something to do, play, explore and practice all the things little brains and ...
DIY LEGO Travel Tin for Building Fun on the Go
It's official, at the ripe age of four, Mr. T has moved right into the LEGO stage. Finally, I've been waiting for one of my children to really get into LEGO. I have such fond memories of my sister and I playing with my father's old LEGO collection for what seems days on end and I want my children to ...
Top Tips for Encouraging Creative Play
Young children never cease to amaze me. I love how they move through life, seemingly uninhibited, and just have a plain old go at things. Their innate creativity shines through in all that they do. As parents it’s up to us to nurture that creative mindset and encouraging creative ...
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 ...