Our new 'Number Focus' table. Intend to have a different number each week (rather than new each day) Includes: number and tens frame, wooden number, amount in items, number and picture amount, number formation, roll and write number, sandpaper number, pad and pencil.
This afternoon Georgia helped me set up this Car Wash Tuff Spot to enjoy in the afternoon sun. A couple of months back she had her first ever experience of a car wash and hasn’t stopped talking about it since so this was a perfect activity to help fuel her interest in car washes (this... Read more »
Nursery Rhyme Singing Basket: baby and toddler play - The Imagination Tree
Make a nursery rhyme singing basket for babies, toddlers and preschoolers to enjoy singing their favourite songs with parents and care-givers! Fantastic for early language development and creativity for the very smallest children and a great activity for children learning English as an additional language too. I recently wrote about the fantastic benefits of rhyming...Read More »
I have so many things to blog about and ideas to share that I am just now getting around to our toddler class’ shape for December, which was predictably the star. (My new full-time job is a little bit of a distraction too… in a good way!) Anyway, as with our other shapes of the month, it is all about fun and learning through play. Here are 4 things we did with stars in addition to all our other Christmas activities. 1. Painting with Star Cookie Cutters: Anything with paint is bound to be a…
Ask anyone over 30 to recount their most treasured memories of childhood play, and few will be indoors. Independent play, outdoors, and varied, is what we remember. As things stand,…
