Inside: An awesome list of the best Australian books for babies and toddlers. Following the popularity of our big list of 50 of the best Australian picture books, below you’ll find our pick of the best titles for babies and toddlers. The list includes concept books, bedtime books and more, all selected for their suitability […]
25 Best Sensory Toys for Babies
Babies learn about the environment through all of their five senses, developing an ever widening sense of the world and their place within it. Learning within these early years lays an important foundation for further growth and development and providing quality sensory toys for babies invites them to actively engage with their environment – exploring […]
Christmas Stocking Stuffers for Baby’s 1st Christmas
The very first Christmas with a new baby in the house is a very special holiday indeed. In fact, I was looking through photos of my babies’ first Christmases recently and couldn’t help but smile at the memories – gosh, they grow up so fast! If you have a new baby in your family or […]
Learn With Play eBook:150+ Play Activities for Year Round Learning
Today I am to share the Learn With Play: 150+ Activities for Year Round Fun & Learning eBook. Co-authored by more than 90 play and learning bloggers from all around the world (including me!), Learn With Play includes over 150 activities for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten aged children. It includes oodles of… fun play […]
Sensory Play: Edible Glitter Finger Paint
In this post Kylie of Octavia & Vicky shares a fabulously fun and festive sensory activity for those who don’t mind things getting a little messy! It’s Edible Glitter Finger Paint! We love a bit of messy play around here, any excuse to get stuck into some squishy, squelchy, ooey, gooey stuff. While we love […]
Babies & Board Books: Add Playtime Fun to Reading Time!
This is a guest post by Dusty Shell, a homeschooling mum of four who blogs over at To the Moon and Back. I have a slight obsession with books. Okay, slight is a bit of an understatement. I absolutely love reading and when I had my first child, I desperately wanted to be sure that […]
Zero to Two: A Book of Play
Now you would imagine being an early childhood teacher that I have hundreds of fabulous activity ideas floating around in my head just perfect for babies and toddlers. In fact, there are days when I am home with just one little person scratching my head wondering what we should do next, and on occasion these […]
Sensory Activities: 5 Games to Develop the Sense of Touch
Sensory play is important to brain development, not just for babies and toddlers but also for preschoolers, kindergarteners and children within the early years of school. Playful activities that develop each of the senses – touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste – need not be difficult or involve lots of fancy toys or resources, often […]
Encouraging Physical Motor Skills Development in Young Children
What are Motor Skills? Motor skills are physical skills requiring the co-ordination of the muscles of the body to affect movement. This includes large body movements involving the head, torso and limbs, most often known as gross motor skills, and small body movements involving the hands and fingers, commonly referred to as fine motor skills. […]
Travel with Kids: Flying With a Baby
I have travelled by air many times with each of my babies from when they were very young. In fact, by the time she was six months old AJ had travelled alone with me on four interstate work trips. So I have had good cause to learn to pack a lean, mean, on board machine! And […]
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