July 2010

DIY Kids: Make Your Own Travel Peekaboo Game

July 31, 2010

We are heading away for a few days, in search of warmer pastures. And you can be sure that we will be taking every opportunity to…I have scheduled posts for your reading pleasure whilst I am away, and I know you will all take good care of We Play for me this week Before I [...]

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Nature Play Update: Adding Story Stones

July 29, 2010

I was first inspired by the story stones I saw at the wonderful Red Bird Crafts but unfortunately I never quite got around to buying some Mod Podge to give it ago. Then SquiggleMum shared a simpler version with permanent markers and liquid paper and I thought, I could do that. Now finally, with our [...]

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We Play: For Fresh, Fun Play Ideas

July 26, 2010

As Immy was drawing with a brand new set of felt tipped pens this week, I was reflecting on her drawing and how much it has changed in such a short time when all of a sudden I realised that whenever we draw it is usually on A4 or smaller paper (I generally buy A4 [...]

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Do Good Stories Ever Go Out of Fashion?

July 25, 2010

Immy is currently loving the picture book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr. First published in 1968, it is a story I remember from my own childhood, as I do other picture book classics which Immy enjoys; titles like Titch and Rosie’s Walk have quickly become firm favourites when we’ve borrowed them [...]

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Sometimes it is the little things…like LEGS!

July 23, 2010

Back in January I was very excited about the first person Immy had drawn. Nowadays, every now and then she comes out with a drawing of a recognisable face, complete with important details like hair and ears… But today, for the first time ever, we had a face with … LEGS!!! And now my fridge [...]

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Making our Wooden Sandpit

July 22, 2010

You might remember in this recent post about Treasure Hunt Soup, how Immy enjoyed the climbing challenge of the trunks of the trees we were pulling down (so we can replace a row of some awful pine/conifer variety with some more useful fruit trees). When I saw how much she enjoyed them, I was determined [...]

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The ABC of Child Care: Z is for …

July 22, 2010

Zzzzz… Rest and Sleep Sleep and rest needs are individual to each child and, regardless of age or developmental stage, sleep requirements vary from child to child. When choosing a child care centre, questions about sleep and rest are also many and varied depending upon the values, cultural and parenting beliefs of the individual family [...]

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An Update on our Natural Play

July 21, 2010

After the interest in our indoor natural play materials which I shared as part of last week’s We Play, I thought I would share some of the play which I have observed and at times shared in during the last week. All of these have been spontaneous and predominately toddler initiated…:: Lots of sorting – [...]

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