This week we’ve been playing with 8 absolutely gorgeous, toy race horses that come complete with their own stables. They are from Wicked Uncle, a brilliant and easy to use online children’s toy shop- that helps you not only find the ideal kids gift, but will also gift […]
Whether there’s going to be a new baby in the family and you’re trying to prepare your little one…your child just enjoys playing with dolls or you’re setting up a ‘baby care’ home corner in your nursery/preschool- Imaginative Play with dolls and toy babies can be extremely beneficial. […]
As part of our Aeroplane Theme on The SEN Resources Blog we’ve made a toy airport out of masking tape and duplo. Simple and quick activity that provides hours of imaginative play fun! What do you need: Masking Tape (quite a lot!) Pen Something to make your airport […]
It’s safe to say that we love superheroes! We even have a whole superhero section on The SEN Resources Blog dedicated to superhero toys, books and resources. We were incredibly impressed with these wooden, toy superheroes by Early Years Resources. What did we like about them? Simplicity– The […]
In my opinion, imaginative play is fantastic for helping children to process information and make sense of it themselves. That’s why we adored the Learning Resources Pretend & Play Original School Set (UK version) that facilitates children to play pretend schools, helping them to prepare for the real […]
For young children who are making sense of our world, small world, Imaginative Play can be fantastic and enjoyable. As part of our Dinosaur Themed Week on The SEN Resources Blog we were kindly sent an Active World Tuff Tray Dinosaur Mat by TTS Group to try out […]
It’s space week on The SEN Resources Blog and we’ve been fortunate enough to try out these fabulous Sound Lights by TTS. They light up green and red and record sound to play back. Keeping within our space theme we used them as buttons for part of our […]
I can’t begin to tell you how much fun we’ve had with this fantastic cardboard rocket play house by Kid-Eco! Made of 80% recycled cardboard, suitable to be painted and tall enough for me to stand in(!)…it is the perfect den for any child who loves rockets and space. […]
I love Imaginative Play, it’s wonderful watching children make sense of our world through pretending. It also develops a number of skills including social skills, language and creativity. We’ve been focusing this week on Construction Imaginative Play. Here’s our collection of activities, toys and resources for children that […]
I love sand play, but hate that it ends up everywhere! I also hate that it can irritate little one’s eczema and sensitive skin. That’s why we decided to try Porridge Oats. Not only are Oats nice on skin, if you do it outside the mess becomes a lovely […]