Answer: Many, many hours of fun! This roll of masking tape has been providing literally hours of fun on and off for the past week. Immy has raided our ‘useful box’ and made interesting sculptures;Healed injured friends;Dressed all manner of ‘people’ in the latest fashion for any occasion;Created all sorts of random, interesting but beautiful […]
Kids Communicating: It’s sery, sery sunny
“Grandma is sery, sery sunny!” Is it any wonder toddlers get frustrated when they are simply trying to make themselves understood? Although, Immy speaks well for her age (I counted a six word sentence recently – yes, SIX!), visitors to our home (and even her Dad) sometimes look to me for a translation. As I […]
Making a Little World Potted Garden for Play
We recently decided to try a little outdoor play project that has been fabulous for inspiring our toddler’s imaginative play – making a Little World potted garden for play, all of her own. The process was simple. We chose three large ceramic garden pots of varying sizes, filled them with potting soil and added a […]
Learning to Listen
Today I welcome Christine Gora of Kids Music Toys with a guest post about the importance of children learning to listen. There is so much emphasis today on the visual. Young children are bombarded with visual stimuli through television and DVD. While all of this visual entertainment may have its place and provide parents with […]
21+ Eggs-cellent Books About Eggs! Fiction and Non-Fiction Picture Books
nWith Easter rapidly approaching, there is no better time to learn all about eggs! Today I wanted to share more than a dozen of our favourite books about eggs for you to enjoy with the children in your life – whether you are in the classroom or at home. The list includes both fiction and […]
10 Easy Water Play Ideas
Most kids love playing with water. In summertime we have outdoor water play outside pretty much everyday. A few inches of water in a shallow bin or tub, or in a small paddle pool, plastic containers to fill and pour from and a wooden spoon or two, and my little water nymphs are as happy […]
How to Make a Butterfly Mask For Kids
Some time ago we went to a birthday party and in the party bag we took home a cardboard butterfly mask which Immy loves. Being cardboard however, it wasn’t long in the hands of a toddler before it looked somewhat worse for wear! I decided to use the cardboard version as the template to make […]
The Post In Which I Might Be Bragging
As mothers we often think that everything our child does is simply amazing, miraculous even (which is a good thing for me or there would be no need for parenting blogs, right! LOL!) So straight up I am going to tell you that this blog post includes a little bit of bragging because I really […]
An Invitation to Play for Toddlers
Whenever the weather requires us to spend extra time indoors, I often look for little things that I can do to make our time in ‘confinement’ more fun. The last few weeks have seen some particularly hot days where we can only really be outdoors for any length of time early in the morning or […]
Toddler Art: Painting Round and Round
Immy (making circles in the paint with her finger): “Beach” Me: “What can you see at the beach?” Immy: “Waves,” pauses, “Splash.” Thoughts about children painting… The changes to the surface that paint produces absolutely fascinates children. Initially, for toddlers painting is about experimentation with fingers, hands and brushes. It is fun for them to […]
