Outdoor Fun

Mum in the Hotseat: What does playtime look like at your house?

May 10, 2012
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A warm welcome to Fiona of Inner Pickle to the hotseat. Fiona’s blog never fails to inspire me ~ with yummy recipes, stories of family life on a farm and the challenges of establishing a family business selling organic and free range produce. Plus she is really nice in person! Today Fiona is sharing a [...]

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More Things To Do Instead Of Turning On The TV (and it’s Printable!)

April 10, 2012
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It is school holidays here in Australia and I thought that it might be the perfect time to revisit a range of easy, playful alternatives for those moments when you feel the TV has been on more than you intended, which I am sure happens to most of us at times. Incorporating the ideas from [...]

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Making Body Shapes (with Printable Body Shape Cards)

February 13, 2012

One simple movement game that the children used to love when I was teaching was making body shapes. Immy loves it too and I think it is a great game because it is easy to play both inside and outside. In it’s simplest form, to play body shapes I would ask the children to use [...]

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Inside the Cover: Playing With Water

January 10, 2012
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It is hot on our side of the world at the moment. So hot that spending a lot of time outside to play can become quite unpleasant.  Needless to say, water features regularly in our outdoor play during these hot summer months. Whether it be stirring up concoctions in the paddle pool, Spraying the graffiti [...]

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Popular Posts of 2011: Play Ideas for Active Kids

December 29, 2011
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Here are the top six active play idea posts from 2011… Getting Little Bodies Moving When It’s Too Cold (Or Hot!) Outdoors 6 Games to Play With a Hula Hoop Fun In A Cardboard Box Outdoor Play Ideas for When It’s Raining or Dark Making the Most of Your Visit to the Playground 25 Ways [...]

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From Mudpies to Magpies: 10 Super Sandpit Ideas

October 28, 2011

This post was first published in June 2009 when Childhood 101 was only a month old. With the sun shining in our backyard today, I thought it was a great post to revisit for some encouragement to get the kids outdoors! Many Mums I know groan when they see their child heading for the sandpit, [...]

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Making the Most of Your Visit to the Playground

September 9, 2011

Visits to the park or playground have been a constant in our lives since Immy was a small bub. Back then it was more about us getting out of the house, usually to meet up with friends from our mother’s group (hi girls!) so that we (the adults) could debrief this whole new experience that [...]

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Playopedia Picks: Outdoor Play Ideas

August 2, 2011

Get Outdoors with these fabulous exploring play ideas from Playopedia… DIY Butterfly Garden Urban Adventures Constructing with Guttering Water Wall Petal Crowns Host a Fairy in Your Garden Shadow Stories Nature’s Alphabet 10 Fun Ways with Water Play Mirrored Discovery Box Be sure to check out Playopedia today to find new play ideas, whatever the [...]

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