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.

Our 30 Most Popular Play and Learn Ideas of 2014
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

4. 10 Great Books for Tweens

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

30 Most Popular Play and Learn Ideas

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

20. Simple Paper Mache Pots

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

30. 23 Activities for Tweens

Check out more from our 2014 Best of Series…

Best 2014 Parenting Best 2014 Food