Growing Nimble Families

We’re playing Rhyme Time. The previous post was a photo of a Nursery Rhyme scene you and your child together are trying to guess. If you’ve not done this yet………what are you waiting for 🙂 This post gives you the answer and some activities we did with it. Pretend play gives your child the chance for unlimited creativity. On Monday… View Post

Following Amber’s post on crawling, it made me think about tummy time. So many kids don’t have the opportunity to develop the strong motor skills and [tag]bilateral coordination[/tag] because they are on their back during playtime.  Being on their tummy they soon lift up their heads and reach out and grasp objects Lying them on different sides helps too with… View Post

  When I was a lass, I remembered finding odd shaped fruit and veg all the time. I found mostly carrots. With supermarkets  and regulation this fun game of find the funny fruit, at the market all but disappeared. Imagine my luck then when my MO opened a bag of potatoes trying to get out the 5 I’d asked for and pulled out… View Post

[tag]Play activity[/tag] you can do today. Gather together a variety of clips. This is what we found after a 2 minute look You need two volunteers. Youngest goes first. Close your eyes while the oldest randomly places clips on the youngests clothes. ( I felt the oldest would find it easier to put the clips on first and the youngest would love… View Post

Tell me Thursday is a chance to explain your Wordless Wednesday post. Join in the fun. With wide open spaces it just encourages little boys to run around and explore. Exploring colleges in Cambridge, UK. You never know one day they might be back here studying?   Thanks for stopping by. What was your story behind your Wordless Wednesday photo?… View Post