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The benefits of playing with play dough
We all know that play dough is fun and popular with young children, but apart from making a mess what is it really good for? Here are the fabulous benefits of allowing kids to play with play dough and...
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Wholegrain Play Dough Recipe and Bakery Role-Play
Here's a recipe for wholegrain play dough which has a wonderful texture and is perfect for baking imaginative play!We adore play dough in our home for all of it's wonderful developmental and...
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Easy Gifts for Children to Make for Father's Day from It's Playtime
Here are some wonderful presents to make for Father's day that the children can do themselves! I just LOVE It's Playtime for the amazing wealth of ideas that are linked up! Just brilliant. 10 Things...
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Play Dough Learning Mats for Literacy and Numeracy Development
We all know that play dough is tactile, fun and great for all multi-sensory early developmental play. But it can also be used in creative, playful ways to promote early literacy and numeracy skills in...
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Play Dough Activities Link Up
What a wonderful play dough week we have had! NurtureStore, Sun Hats and Wellie Boots and The Imagination Tree teamed up to share as many new and exciting ideas for play dough as we could each day, via...
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Lavender and Glitter Sensory Salt
Here's how to make the most wonderful sensory play material for mark making, pre-writing, fine motor skills, sensory investigation and relaxing playtime fun!A while ago we posted about making pink...
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Noisy Letter Jump Phonics Game!
A fun and active way to learn letter names and sounds with young children- noisy letter jumping!This is a game we used to play a lot while I was teaching Reception classes (4-5 year olds) and was...
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Beach and Seaside Activities for Kids on It's Playtime!
Here are some wonderful beach related play ideas that were linked up to It's Playtime last week! I love the range of scales and materials used in each one that's featured- just perfect for summer time...
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Pinkalicious: Pink Cloud Dough Cup Cakes!
Make some cup cakes from pink cloud dough as a fun way to retell the popular picture book Pinkalicious!One of the many joys of blogging is the community that develops around the readership and fellow...
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Fibre Optic Sensory Cave!
Create a wonderful sensory experience for young children using glowing lights in the dark!We love turning cardboard boxes into fun places to play as they are free and can be turned into anything! They...
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Ideas for Summer Time Fun for Kids on It's Playtime!
Here are some fantastic ideas for summer time fun that were linked up last week! Don't forget to browse the entire collection of over 200 ideas for other wonderful activity ideas too!Mama Pea Pod has a...
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Baby Sensory Play: Bubbles!
Here is the first in a series of simple play ideas for babies from 0 to 12 months. These activities focus on engaging the senses, curiosity, stimulation and early communication between baby and...
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Shell Imprints in Salt Dough
Create some beautiful, nature print keepsakes using shells and easy homemade salt dough!If you read this blog often you will already know how much we love salt dough and use it often for capturing...
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Play Dough!
Create some wild and wonderful patterned, sparkly and textured play dough to create marvellous candies and sweets in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory imaginary play!This was totally inspired by...
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A Prayer for Exhausted Parents: It's Playtime!
I've been SO exhausted this week that I didn't even manage to post the It's Playtime link up on time, let alone chose any of the wonderful posts to feature! So now that I'm managing it, it seems very...
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Olympic Sports Small World Play
With just 2 weeks to go until the Olympics are held in our home town, we have been having some Olympic playtime fun with a small world play sports scene! I am a HUGE fan of Playmobil and truly think...
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It's Playtime! Share your play ideas!
We are away at the moment and I can't wait to check out your links when I return! Have you created some wonderful memories this week? Got a link to share? Join our kids meme!It's Playtime is a...
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Farmyard Sensory Small World Play
Create a small world play scene using real sensory elements to enrich the fun and learning experiences for young children! Use a farmyard small world scene to accompany farmyard picture books,...
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Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy: Natural Land Art for Kids
Create some beautiful, simple land art using natural materials based on the wonderful sculptures of artist Andy Goldsworthy!Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist and sculptor who creates huge pieces of...
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Baby Sensory Play: Exploring Outdoors
In this next post in the series of simple ideas for sensory play activities with young babies, we took our exploring outside to observe the wonder of the natural environment!As already discussed in the...
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