Welcome to Day Twenty Four of 31 days of Sensory Play. It’s a lot harder than they think to balance things on their head. Especially when they are used to moving a mach speed! The patience and stillness is something that takes some of them a little time to master. I can tell you it’ll be funny and if… View Post
Welcome to Day Twenty Three of 31 days of Sensory Play. Building towers and knocking them down has to be one of the number one activities in your home. Who can resist the sound and the build up? Blocks aren’t just for babies and perhaps your child is like mine and likes to build with lots of different… View Post
The first time I saw Gnocchi made was at a friend’s home in Italy. We were all relaxing with wine, cheese and antipasti while our host prepared the Gnocchi right there in the kitchen. There was no go and sit in the other room while I do things in the kitchen. We were altogether watching, doing, talking and laughing about… View Post
Welcome to Day Twenty Two of 31 days of Sensory Play. Do you have broken crayons? We have so many different types thrown together in a box. Before you throw them out try this simple leaf sun catcher activity. This activity started because the LO is fasinated with the weather. It started at Nursery, I think, because it was one… View Post
Welcome to the Sunday Parenting Party! Each week I have a lovely time reading through the parenting articles you all post. It’s always hard to choose a few posts to highlight. The two this week follow the theme of recognising our situation and doing something different. It’s really easy to get caught up in what our friends are doing, both… View Post
Welcome to Day Twenty One of 31 days of Sensory Play. If I do this then what will happen? As soon as they can children are doing exactly this…..seeking out solutions to the question. I watched a mom pick up a spoon for a baby. She’s just learned that if she drops the spoon over the edge it would fall… View Post
Welcome to Day Twenty of 31 days of Sensory Play. Time for some action, touch, movement and listening from one of our favourite books- Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson. You can see from our copy that it is well used. A quick summary of the story is a little old lady lives in a small room ( house) and… View Post
Welcome to Day Nineteen of 31 days of Sensory Play. I’m delighted to have Cerys from RainyDay Mum share a sensory play idea. Catch our interview together on Toddler play. We first played with gloop when my youngest was around 9 months old and I regularly set up a bin with different elements in, colours and scents. The recipe for… View Post
MaryAnne of Mamasmiles.com and Carolyn of Pleasantestthing.com talk about routines in play through the many changes of parenting. Working outside the home, multiple children, new baby and staying at home- different seasons with different routines. What’s your routine like?
Welcome to Day Eighteen of 31 days of Sensory Play. Developing fine motor skills in preparation for writing doesn’t mean you have to be writing. Today we have a fun prewriting activity. All the little movements it takes to move a piece of string helps our children learn to use their fingers, thumb and hand. We’ve played with glue… View Post
Welcome to Day Seventeen of 31 days of Sensory Play. All of these sensory activities in this 31 day series are designed for us to work together intentionally with our children. Often we multi task while our children play nearby which is a good thing. They get to be creative and learn without us. Although time can slip by during… View Post
Welcome to Day Sixteen of 31 days of Sensory Play. Why is it mum that I give you all my socks and when you give them back they are not all there? This conversation happened again this week with the MO who was busy trying to match up school socks and finding many missing. We have a missing sock pile… View Post
