Best of 2014: 30 Great Ways to Play and Learn
My vision for Childhood 101 has always been to share simple ideas for making playful learning fun for kids and uncomplicated for parents and teachers and as I looked back over 2014’s list of popular posts I was excited to see so many of my favourite Play & Learn ideas right there at the top of the collection. So here are your 30 favourite play and learn posts from 2014, sorted according to the most obvious type of play or learning represented.
Literacy
1. 21 Fun Ways to Inspire Interest in Your Writing Table
2. Silly Sentences: Chatterboxes for Beginning Readers
3. 50 Classic Picture Books to Read Aloud
Maths, Science & Engineering
5. Create an Engineering Mystery Bag Challenge
6. 35 Online Resources to Encourage Inquiry & Inventive Thinking
7. Maths Games for Kids: Uno Flip for Addition, Subtraction and Times Tables
8. Beyond Number Names: Activities for Children Learning to Count
9. Maths Explorations for 2-3 Year Olds
10. Maths Games for Kids: Teaching Tens & Ones
11, Science for Kids: Experiment with Mixing Oil & Water
12. Science Fun for Kids: Fingerprint Forensics
Imaginative
13. 21 Fun & Fabulous Pretend Play Spaces
14. DISNEY Frozen DIY Ice Castle for Small World Play
15. 18 Small Worlds for Inspiring Imaginative Play
Creative
16. Drawing for Kids: 12 Fun Drawing Ideas
17. Bubble Wrap Finger Painting
18. Sewing with Kids: Starting Out with Simple Embroidery
19. BEST Ever Scented Playdough Recipe
21. Silly Putty Recipe and 21 Ways to Play with Silly Putty
Active Play
22. 101 Ways to Play Outdoors Printable Poster
23. Jump Into Learning: 14 Kinesthetic Learning Activities for Active Learning
24. Sensory Play: 5 Ways to Develop the Sense of Touch
25. 6 Fun Parachute Games for Kids of All Ages
26. Games for Kids: How to Play Please Mr Crocodile was the first and most popular of the Games for Kids series.
27. Games for Kids: How to Play Scarecrow Tag – see all of the group Games for Kids posts here.
Activity Collections for Kids of Different Ages
28. Zero to Two: A Book of Play for Babies and Toddlers
29. 50 Preschool Boredom Busters
Check out more from our 2014 Best of Series…