Toys-Games-Activities

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 #29: 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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Early Learning: Following a Child’s Lead

May 28, 2011
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Immy wanted to make a city (like ‘Daddy’s city’ – where Dad 101 works) with a bridge. Will involve lots of active listening. Listen to their vision, their requests, their questions and their theories, The city needed buildings and elevators and a park with trees. And the city was good. Quite a bit of questioning [...]

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Literacy Spot #19: 5 Games for Playing with Language

May 16, 2011
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Playing games can be a wonderful way to reinforce language learning – introducing new (or reinforcing recently learned) vocabulary, following instructions for new games, and practising the language of social conventions, like turn taking. Here are five simple games to play with toddlers and preschoolers to get their brains thinking and their ears and mouths [...]

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Make Your Own Treehouse Play Scene

May 2, 2011

Almost a year ago I posted about the trees we were removing from our backyard (in order to replace with much more useful trees I hasten to add). Whilst most of the tree remains were hauled away to the green waste area of our local tip long ago, I kept a number of large branches [...]

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10 Baby Play Ideas

March 26, 2011

This list of 10 simple ways to play with your bub is in response to two recent reader requests for play ideas for babies from six months of age. 1. Blocks: Wooden blocks which fit into small hands and are light enough to stack (and knock down!) easily are a good investment. And Immy still [...]

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Literacy Spot #6: Messages of Love

February 7, 2011
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Does your child love to receive mail?  Why not use this week leading up to Valentine’s Day to leave your child one little message of love each day? Simply write seven special notes to your child and leave one a day for them to discover in their own little letterbox.  Either a toy one (if [...]

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