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Crayon and paint

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My preschooler likes to paint. I’m not very artistic even though I love visiting Pink and Green mama for inspiration with art. I’m trying to find different ways to encourage this creative side and not allow my lack of paint creativity hinder my children’s obvious enjoyment of using paint. Usually they have an unstrucutred art activity. Here’s the paint choices…. View Post

How to use under used toys

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There is a program I loved to watch in the UK called Ready Steady Cook…..well I think it was this one. Contestants would bring in 3 things and the chefs had to cook a meal using those items. Some would choose foods they had never heard of and fancied trying, some would choose things they always wanted to cook but… View Post

What are you reading this year?

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Ping! Yep that little brightness in the room is a light bulb moment of mine after I read the introduction to Steadymom‘s book on Simplemom. I have not read the book yet but after entering the competition at a chance of winning it. I added it to my wish list. ( You know cover all bases!) Steady Days is about… View Post

Imaginative play

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Imaginative play. Can you see what he’s doing? Fishing. What you can’t know is that he’s listening as well. More on this soon with Stef Station Thanks for stopping by my Tell me Thursday posts. Catch up with others at Tell me Thursday.

Raising Playful Tots #9 Do you evaluate play?

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Last year was the year of  playing outdoors for our family.It got me thinking about how or if we evaluate play in our family. It is never to late to start. Download this evaluation to get you started. I share two articles I discovered this week that have ramifications on our play decisions Family time recommendation Cranium CARIBOO Cranium Cariboo… View Post

Writing with glue as a preschooler

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I wish I could have captured my sons face when I said he would be writing with glue this morning. Doesn’t every child wish they could just squeeze that glue bottle to the end. Well some do and that’s why we’re all thankful for stick glue! But you can’t beat good ole white glue for many things. You may remember… View Post

Play community

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Being a mother at home can be a very lonely experience. Partly I started this blog as a way of reaching out to other mums who felt the same way about play and partly because I was away from home in a foreign land and was experiencing complete culture shock. There as so many similarities between the British and the… View Post

Ever looked into joining a toy library?

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This is a guest post by Catherine Way. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. What is a toy library? Toy libraries work just like a book library, except that the items to be borrowed are toys, puzzles and games. Our toy library has toys for children from 0 to around 8 years… View Post

Imaginative play at the hairdressers

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The LO had his first haircut. Love the curls but he was getting too fluffy on top. Curly hair looks lovely but needs to be combed slowly. What 17month old has time for patience when they have the world to conquer! As is our custom we took a trip to our favourite hairdresser. Yes with little cars to sit in… View Post

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