Toys-Games-Activities

Baby Prep 101: Entertaining a Sibling While Breastfeeding

April 23, 2012
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I am anticipating that sharing my attention is going to be a real adjustment for Immy when the baby arrives. Although she is pretty good at playing independently when I am busy with chores, I am sure that giving the bub attention is going to be a whole different story (a bit like when I [...]

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Kids Gift Guide from Bunyip Toys

December 9, 2011

Playmobil, art supplies, wooden toys, science fun, puppets, books and more! Bunyip Toys has great gift ideas suitable for every child. If you are reading this via RSS or email you will need to click through to the post to see the slideshow.

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Play Ideas: Treasure Baskets & Discovery Boxes for Babies and Bigger Kids

December 6, 2011
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Today I welcome Anna of The Imagination Tree who is sharing her inspiring discovery boxes with us. When I first saw Anna post about the discovery box I thought, “Wow, that is such a great idea,” and I still love how wonderful they are for encouraging creative, open ended play! Young children learn about the [...]

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Handmade for Kids Christmas: Felt Food Fun

November 10, 2011
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I am taking a little time offline this week to spend with family and to try and kick the final symptoms of my recent illness.  Fortunately, I have some great blogging friends who have offered to help me out with a series of fabulous guest posts. Today the wonderful Amanda of Not Just Cute inspires [...]

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Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers: Threading

October 25, 2011
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Immy loves threading and when I shared last week on the Childhood 101 Facebook page that Immy was threading, one friend asked where I had sourced the supplies we were using. Often before we begin, Immy and I have a ‘threading hunt!’ Looking for items from around our home that are suitable for threading (Immy [...]

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Dramatic and Imaginative Play: Cardboard Box Project Round Up

July 25, 2011
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I once thought about starting a second blog called ‘Girl With a Box‘ because I love the challenge of creating playful resources from something as simple as a cardboard box. There is a new project underway at our house at the moment so I thought there seemed like no better time to present a round [...]

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Literacy Spot #30: Alphabet Rocks

July 25, 2011
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Given that our that our story stones are still very popular with Immy twelve months after I introduced them and her current fascination in all things alphabet, when I saw this gorgeous idea for Alphabet Rocks I knew that I wanted to add some to our playful collection of alphabet resources. So out came the [...]

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DIY Kids: Butterfly Hand Puppet

July 6, 2011
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Welcome to visitors from Marie’s Summer Camp for Kids over at Make and Takes. Puppets are fabulous for playful learning and this simple Butterfly puppet is made using just four easy to find items… A circle of fabric, a wooden clothes peg, a long pipe cleaner and an exfoliating glove! I re-purposed a piece of [...]

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