After our recent Gruffalo Hunting expeditions Edie has a new favourite story She LOVES The Gruffalo And can now identify all the animals in the book Including butterfly, dragonfly, kingfisher and woodpecker Edie loves to listen along to the first … Continue reading
Category Archives: Learning Through Play
Our Friday Edventure: Gruffalo Hunting at Bedgebury Pinetum
We are very lucky to live just 30 minutes from Bedgebury Pinetum This is one of our handful of happy places Somewhere we know well Somewhere we can always find a quiet spot Just us No matter how full the … Continue reading
Home Education: Dinosaur Play Day
Today I did something brave I invited some local home education families To come to our house and play It is something I have wanted to do for so long Share our resources and equipment With other families Share our … Continue reading
Active Kids: Wobbly Worm Review
We have been making the most of the recent good weather To play out in the garden with our friends We have been in the paddling pool mostly But also trying out some new toys and games Including Wobbly Worm … Continue reading
Preschool Play: Ice Ice Fairy
The last few weeks have been so hot That we have been enjoying daily water play And on the hottest days we have been adding ice We freed frozen dinosaurs And also rescued fairies stuck in ice To let them … Continue reading
Bookish Play: Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus
Shake Shake Shudder Near the sludgy old swamp The dinosaurs are coming Get ready to romp! This week we had a playdate With a special friend A friend who loves the book Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus A book that we love … Continue reading
Five For A First: Bath Books
Continuing my series of recommendations For gifts for a first birthday Gift ideas that work for older babies And young toddlers Today I want to tell you about some bath books We LOVE books in our house And have them … Continue reading
Muddy Puddles Messy Play
With rainy days forecast over half term I thought I would share one of our favourite Edible messy play ideas This can be linked with a farm topic Or with everyone’s favourite pig, Peppa This is our muddy puddles messy … Continue reading
Baby Play: Velcro Rollers
Edie loves a treasure basket A box or basket of objects Chosen for her To explore To investigate To play with Back in February I gave Edie a basket of velcro rollers A basket of treasure indeed! I then sat … Continue reading
Five For A First: Play Mats
Five For A First Is a series of blog posts Highlighting some of our favourite gift ideas For a baby On their first birthday This post is focusing on playmats Jaycee Baby Perfectly Padded Playmat We were recently sent one … Continue reading