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Wondering about the Weather: An Invitation to Learn & Explore using our Free Weather Themed Printable for Kids
Let's learn in a playful way using these weather cards and weather themed tracing and cutting pages. A weather themed invitation to play...
Oct 29, 20223 min read


11 Fun Spring Themed Play Ideas
Hooray for the arrival of Spring! We are excited for the warmer weather and more sunny days to play. Keep reading to see some fun Spring...
Oct 5, 20225 min read


Lucite Cube Play Ideas: Rainbow Sensory Play Tray
Sensory play trays don't need to be complicated. Here is a quick to put together and fun rainbow invitation to play... Simple and fun...
Jun 15, 20223 min read


Loose Parts Play Ideas - Ways We Play With Our Grapat Mandala Pieces
From small worlds, to using them with playdough, read on to see some of the fun ways we play with our Grapat mandala pieces ... Pretty Grapat mandala flowers Loose parts, such as the Grapat mandala pieces, offer so much potential for play and learning through play, as there are endless possibilities for their use. A little imagination and creativity allows the magic of this open-ended toy to appear. We enjoy using the mandala pieces in lots of different ways, so I decided to
May 18, 20225 min read


8 Tips For Growing Your Child's Love of Reading At Home
Tips for how we inspire a love of reading in our home + some unicorn bookish themed playdough play. Growing a Lifelong Love of Reading...
Apr 29, 20225 min read


Yellow Loose Parts Play - A Fun and Cheerful Playdough Invitation
An easy and playful learning idea this week about the colour yellow and feelings too! An Invitation to Play This was a fun little yellow...
Apr 9, 20223 min read


Sensory Play Tray for Kids - Tea Party Time!
A fun way to invite your child for some calming sensory play using their favourite tea set. Tea party time with a sensory tray! Tea party...
Feb 9, 20223 min read


Heart and Love Themed Play Ideas For Kids
Some cute heart themed invitations to play, craft ideas and books to use for Valentine's Day or anytime you feel like something heart...
Jan 30, 20224 min read


How To Create An Easy Sensory Play Tray
Simple Sibling Play Ideas + Sensory Play Tips Here is a quick and easy sensory tray for kids that encourages lots of fun play. Read on to...
Oct 27, 20214 min read


Learning about Seasons and Weather Using Grimms & Grapat Wooden Toys
Read on to find out some of the ways we use our open ended wooden toys - the Grimms weather set, Grimms rainbow and Grapat perpetual calendar, to learn about our world in a playful way. The Grimms weather set and rainbows are a beautiful and hands on way to learn about weather and the seasons. Learning Through Play with Open-Ended Toys We adore our open ended toy collection at our house because of the many ways these toys can be used for play and learning. One of the ways we
Sep 28, 20216 min read


Open Ended Toys - Our Current Toy Rotation
How we set up our toy shelf to inspire play and imagination. Our new toy shelf has inspired so much play and imagination already Our play space has changed numerous times over the past few years and mostly likely will continue as our girls grow and our needs for the space change. We started with a small little shelf in the corner of our lounge room, then we changed to a cube shelf in our dining room and now we have this house bookcase from Mocka in the corner of our lounge ro
Sep 19, 20214 min read


10 Fun Ways To Play with Lucite Cubes
These lucite cubes look stunningly beautiful with all their bright rainbow colours, but I wondered if they would actually be played with..
Sep 12, 20217 min read
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