Homeschool
How to Encourage Independent Play With Toddlers
Parents all want children who can play independently because we just need 10 minutes to drink our coffee hot, do the chores, prepare dinner etc.
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Homeschool
A Dedicated Art Space in the Home (Part 2) – 10 Skills Children Gain From Having A Space to Create Independently
This is Part 2 of a 2-part series I’m sharing about setting up a dedicated art space in our home. In the first part of
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Homeschool
A Dedicated Art Space in the Home (Part 1) – Making Space for Creativity in Our Household
A little after my firstborn turned two, which was also just after we completed the 31 Days of Invitation to Create challenge, I decided to
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Homeschool
Play Teaches Skills That Aren’t Just Academic
Days like today, I’m so glad I always take heaps of photos of my children’s play. Tuesdays are hard days for me as the hubs
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PLAY IS – Learning Resilience, Perseverance and Mental Strength to Face Setbacks
So we had quite the morning today. I know this picture exudes peace and calm but the process of building the structure pictured here was
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Invitation to Create
Same Invitation, Different Learning Processes and Outcomes
So yesterday post afternoon naps for both girls, we were out in our yard playing for the whole afternoon til just before dinner. Miss 2
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Invitation to Create
Would You Consider This Art?
Would You Consider This Art? We spent nearly two hours out in the yard yesterday evening. What started off as painting the yard with a
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Musings on Play
A Simple Trick to Encourage Toddlers to Deepen Their Play
A couple of days ago, I created a very open-ended backdrop to a small world play for my toddler with just a couple of Sarah
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A Passion for Play, A Passion for Learning
Some days I can’t wrap my head around the fact that she’s still only a 1yo. I see the focus and intense concentration she has
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The Journey IS the Destination
Can I be the first to admit that a dawdling toddler tests my patience the most!! Much more than a playroom that gets messed up
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Stories of Play – The Value in 2 Minutes of Play
This is a staged photo. I set this up to tell you a story about a play that lasted all of two minutes. So
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The School of Life
One of my biggest beliefs about children’s learning is that there’s so much natural learning that happens from just doing life and including them in
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Stories of Play – 10 Min Setup for a 2 Sec Play. Is it Worth It?
Introduced goop/oobleck to Miss 15mo for the first time today. It’s just 2 parts cornflour, 1 part water and food colouring of your choice.
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The Value of Exposing Children to Experiences
A beautiful morning of getting up close and personal feeding these kanga friends at Caversham Wildlife Park, just 20 min from our place yesterday. We
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The Process of Play – What Happens When They Play
“What Is She Making?” I sent these couple of pictures from today’s sensory play with Miss 15mo to my family and my dad’s first question
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The Right Materials and Tools for Play
I mentioned in a previous drawing post about honouring the process of play more than the end product. Today I’m coming from a different angle,
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Musings on Play
Stories of Play – Process Over Product
Miss 14mo has been into any and every form of drawing recently – crayons, pens, markers you name it. Here in this picture, you can
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Stories of Play – When They Take A Play Setup in a Totally Different Direction
Recently I’ve noticed Miss 13mo engaging in some basic imaginative play using a couple of her animal figurines. She would take a few of them
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