Inside: Be prepared for fun at-home with these 50 staycation ideas for kids when you’re home on holidays. Great for school age kids. We are on countdown to school finishing, the change of pace will be sooooooo welcome when it arrives! Whilst I love my children to have lots of free time to just play […]
15 Anti- Bullying Videos for Kids Age 4 – 12+ Years
Bullying is an age-old problem and comes in many forms, especially in today’s digital world. The good news is that there are many fabulous anti-bullying resources available for parents and teachers to use at home or school. Each of the videos featured in this collection of 15 anti- bullying videos is perfect for inviting discussion […]
Insect Small World: A Preschool Invitation to Play
When a collection of carefully chosen loose parts, toys and materials is presented in an inviting way, a young child’s interest will instantly be sparked! This is what we call an invitation to play. My preschooler will often ask me, “Mum what did you put out for me today?” and a play dough based invitation […]
Another Week’s Worth of Boredom Busters: Turn off the TV and Play
In today’s post Ali of At Home With Ali shares 7 easy-to-set-up invitations to play prompts that are sure to get your kids playing A while back I wrote this post about quick and easy boredom busters to get the kids away from the lure of the TV. Just recently I decided it was time […]
8 Quick-to-Prepare Classic Play Ideas for Preschoolers
One thing I keep reminding myself is that my 3 year old doesn’t need difficult or complicated play ideas. She’s 3 and it’s the simple, classic play ideas that she likes best! So today I am sharing eight classic play ideas that each take less than 10 minutes to prepare. They’re fun for preschoolers and […]
An Invitation to Create…Spiders!
When it comes to setting up playful activities for my children, I am all about quick and simple. That is part of the reason I love invitations to play so much – simply presenting a small collection of open ended resources in an inviting manner easily leads to hours of fun! And this invitation to […]
Activities for Toddlers: Rocks and a Box
In this post regular contributor, Kylie Gardner of Octavia & Vicky, shares a simple invitation to play activity perfect for toddlers. When I think “what are we going to play today?” I always keep in mind the activites that my children are most interested in. That’s my early childhood training kicking in, but also just […]
Disney Frozen Castle DIY
Like so many children around the world, my girls love everything FROZEN! I purchased a set of small Frozen character figurines a few months ago, and ever since they arrived Immy has asked if I can make her an icy Frozen castle just like Elsa’s! It took a little bit of brainstorming and planning but […]
An Invitation to Play: Creating Sparkling Fairy Worlds
For more than two years now Immy has been fairy mad! She has quite the collection of fairy figurines, of the Disney, Papo and Schleich varieties, and I thought it would be fun to set out a sparkly invitation to create a magical water world for the fairies. On our outdoor table I laid down […]
An Invitation to Play: Flower Shop
This invitation to play flower shop was so simple to set up and my girls are loving it. The fabulous thing about it – you can do just a little or a little bit more and regardless of which approach you take, your children’s imaginations will take your ideas and increase them tenfold, in directions […]
