Open Ended Toys
Magnetic Tiles Review: Magnatiles vs Playmags vs Connetix Tiles
Let me first start off by saying magnetic tiles are THE number 1 played with toy in our house. If there’s only ONE toy
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Open Ended Toys
Top 10 Must Have Open-Ended Toys in Our House
Following on from the previous blog post where I talked about the “No 1 toy in our house“, I’m finally putting together a post for
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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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Invitation to Create
REVIEW: Invitation to Create a Small World with Wild Heart’s Play Sensory Playdough Kit
So so stoked to receive a special little package in the mail this morning and it couldn’t have come at a better time to entertain
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Homeschool
Knowing The Child, Knowing Their Interests
I walked into the girls’ room this morning while they were playing and saw these connector manipulatives strewn across the entire floor. They were not
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Homeschool
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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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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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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Stories of Play – When There Are No Rules
A beautiful morning of chalk drawing, light and shadows in our backyard. Miss S (14mo) has recently begun stacking blocks as opposed to just deconstructing
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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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Stories of Play – Let The Children Direct Their Play
We are currently on holidays in Singapore. Yesterday we brought Miss 12mo to the Singapore Zoo where she also had some fun at the water
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