A great big list of great sensory toys for kids of all ages. Part of our best toys for kids series. There is no doubt that children with specific sensory needs benefit greatly from toys that meet their specific areas of need but sensory toys, games and activities have an important place in the lives […]
Sensory Play with Gingerbread Scented Rice
With the scent of the holidays, this gingerbread rice is fabulous for Christmas sensory play when used simply for filling and pouring in a plastic tub or as ‘snow’ in a fabulous holiday themed small world. How to Make Gingerbread Rice for Sensory Play To make the gingerbread rice I combined regular, uncooked rice with gingerbread […]
Create a Birthday Story Box + 10 Birthday Books We Love
I was reminded just how much I miss playing my little Miss 5 now that she is at school full time when she was home for a few days with a head cold recently. We had lots of fun revisiting lots of her favourite ways to play – playdough, drawing, painting and, of course, lots […]
The Great Big List of 55 Rhyming Picture Books for Kids
Rhyming is important to learning. The ability to recognise rhyme is important to phonemic awareness – that is the ability to identify and to change the sounds within words, in both spoken and written language. Both anecdotal and researched evidence suggests that being familiar with rhyme helps children to detect the small, phonetic components that […]
Our Favourite Wooden Toys for Toddlers & Preschoolers
It’s surprising how many of the most well loved toys in our home are simple, wooden toys. With two girls who love imaginative play, I guess that is a given but most of the toys I have included on this list have been purchased once and played with thousands of times over the course of […]
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