One small world invitation ... still getting play after 1 month. As I write this blog post my girls are playing with the small world table, adding in animals to create a much larger small world. We are now over a month into this small world table. I set it up after I had bought the wooden dolls house out of my classroom. I made the most simple additions to the small world this morning and all 3 girls were straight into playing again ...

I recently changed up what was on our open-ended play shelves in our play space for the first time in a little while, so I decided to write a blog post about what we currently have out on our toy shelves. This play space is in the corner of our lounge room. We use a white house bookshelf that I bought from Mocka Australia quite a few years back now. This shelf has room on the floor in front of it that can be used for play and building creations. In the classroom I would use a

Here's a look at our play space set up to inspire play for different aged siblings. A quick play space change up makes a big difference! Play space change ups don't always need to be massive to invite more play. Sometimes the simplest of changes work too! These photos are from a play space change up that involved a quick little shuffle and rearrange of some toys on our shelf. Remember simple changes can invite more play! We don't have room for all the toys to be out at once,

Check out our favourite Grapat wooden toys that are well loved in our house! Some of our favourite Grapat toys Grapat is one of our favourite brands for open ended toys! We own many of their colourful wooden toys. But, there are some that have been played with so much over the years that they are our absolute favourites, which has put them on our list of top 5 favourite Grapat open-ended toys . These are the pieces that I would definitely buy again. If you are just starting y

A look at how we have created a multi-age play space for our kids at home ... Welcome to our kids play space at home! Creating a space in the home for sibling play is such an exciting task! It can also be a bit tricky, especially if you have a range of ages to cater for like we do. One of the best things about building and investing in a collection of open ended toys is that they can be used in many different ways as there is not right or wrong to play. This means that they a

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...

A look at the open-ended toys on our shelf this week all reset and ready for play! Read on to find some inspiration and ideas for your...

A quick look at what is on our play shelves this fortnight to invite lots of play. There are lots of brightly coloured rainbow toys this...