So many things are coming at you in Early childhood and often for the first time. Some things we may instinctively know and others we have to seek advice. We have talked about knowing your mind and where to see good play ideas from and how to increase our knowledge about play to find something that fits for our family. However it’s… View Post
Close observation of children at play suggests that they find out about the world in thesame way as scientists find out about new phenonoma and test new ideas. Youngchildren may not be able to verbalize new ideas forming in their heads, but they may stillapply similar processes to scientists. During this exploration, all the senses are used to observe and draw conclusions about objects and events through simple, if crude, scientific investigations.–Judith Roden, Lecturer,… View Post
Yesterday we were looking at how we need to get out of our playrut and be inspired. Now you have found a whole bunch of places and you’re overflowing with ideas and activities to try. {Image credit} From famine to feast. How do you know which activities are best for your little one other than going by gut instinct? Is… View Post
Be Inspired! Same old books and magazines. Same old activities and outcomes. Seeing other projects and being in a community of other play makers really gets the ideas flowing. If you’re feeling the Blahs with your play activities have a look and see if you can’t find some inspiration in the slideshow below. 31 days to a more playful tot… View Post
You have to get out of the bath. Why? Because it’s time to get out. Water go down. Yes the water goes down the plughole. Glug glug……glug. Water go down. Why? It’s time to get out the bath. …….. Where does the water go? Water gone. Is it in your room then? No ( in the silly mummy voice) Water… View Post
We all start doing it and gradually we do it less and less. There are many reasons why we should be reading aloud. Today in the show I share some Simple steps to cultivating a read aloud habit. We get past the humps in the road and find solutions in this 29 minute show. Listen:: Listen to this week’s show… View Post
Your child goes to a setting. What’s it like there? You enjoyed your first visit to see the place at work. So much so you sent your child there. When was the last time you visited to stay and play? Time for a Visit If only to see how your little one interacts with others. I loved seeing the routines… View Post
We all want our children to be social and truth be told, we probably feel we do a lot already to keep them social. Today I wanted to look at a bit more critically at what we do and if there’s room for improvement; refocus and a little patting on the back. Let’s look at some positive things we can… View Post
The atmosphere of our homes impact the way our children behave in it. That’s not to say that a perfect and calm home will produce children exactly the same. It’s hard to play when we are or they are cross. There are simple ways we derail our home atmosphere that we can change. {Image: top bottom} Show gratitude in your… View Post
It is never too late to accept our children and our lives as this is the way it is for right now; this season; this time. It’s never too late to reject this feeling; the bad behaviour; the blahs and get help. New habits take time to remain and old habits entice us with the warm and fuzzy slipper effect…. View Post
The habits we lay down for ourselves really shape our families to come. Even though we know our mind and resolve to give the power of choice we know that in some things our children will fail. Fail to open the cereal box. Can’t get on the Lego piece. They have trouble getting on the shoe themselves or the… View Post
Comparisons hurt, harm and are useful. If I asked you what type of parenting style do you support with play. What would you say? It wasn’t until I was in a different country in a totally different situation did I realize that I my idea of play was different. It was then I wondered am I doing it right? We… View Post
