Exciting news! As well as buying my first book ‘100 Ways Your Child Can Learn Through Play’ you can NOW pre-order my second book ‘How to Boost Reading and Writing Through Play’ from any major online book shop, including Amazon here What’s it about? It’s my collection of […]
If your children are starting school in September and you are looking for some fun, play-based activities to help them get ready then I’ve created a downloadable activity pack that you can access here from my Ko-fi shop for £1.99 (this price is for a limited time only) […]
Are you looking for sports based activities for your children to try out? Sports are fantastic for helping children to develop their gross motor skills (find out more about gross motor skills here). Gross motor skills aren’t just helpful for running, jumping and climbing they are also important […]
With the promise of summer around the corner we’ve been searching for the best outdoor toys and resources for pre-school and primary aged children to enjoy! With the current Covid-19 restrictions meaning children can only play with others outside of school, outdoors at the moment..these resources will hopefully […]
We are launching an exciting program of FREE activities for pre-school and primary aged children for over the summer holidays! Each week over the summer holidays we are going to have a theme and share various activities, crafts, games etc that you can do at home. The themes […]
What are the best play dough/ modelling resources for young children? One of our favourite ways to practise fine motor skills is by squishing, squeezing and shaping. But with so many types of play dough and similar resources available it can be tricky to know which ones to […]
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 […]
Children often (and unsurprisingly) find it complicated that we have upper and lower case letters in our alphabet. It can be tricky learning which ones are which. Here’s a fun and simple way of helping children to learn which Upper case letters match with which lower case letters: […]
We have fallen in love with this toy. Kinetic Sand is like some sort of super toy! One minute you’re moulding it like play-dough..then the next you’re sprinkling it like sand! As my toddler says..”It’s Magic” It is genuinely our new favourite toy. We have the Kinetic […]
Imaginative Play has so many benefits for children (click here to read all about it) and is also great fun! One of our favourites is a Teddy Bear Picnic. The easiest imaginative play to set up- just get a blanket, teddies and some bowls/plates and watch the kids […]
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