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10 Olympic Crafts and Activities from It's Playtime!
With the Olympic games nearly upon us, here are 10 fantastic kids crafts and activities that you can do to celebrate as you watch! All featured on It's Playtime in previous weeks and all absolutely...
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Basil Play Dough Recipe
While away in Italy we made some natural, no-cook play dough using fresh basil to scent it. It smelt wonderful and was such a feast for the senses while little hands played with it! As with all our...
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Fun Ideas for Kids! on It's Playtime
Welcome to It's Playtime! Last week there was an amazing array of ideas linked up and this week will no doubt be the same! Please take the time to click through and check out the posts that catch your...
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Rock Pool Sensory Small World Play
After a trip to the beach where we collected lots of pebbles and shells, we made our very own rock pool sensory small world play scene to continue the fun and learning at home!You may know by now that...
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Gruffalo Play Dough!
Create a model of the wonderful story book character, The Gruffalo, using play dough, added materials and imagination! Then use it to retell the story together!You will know by now that we absolutely...
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Matisse Art in the Bath Tub!
Let kids create some modern art masterpieces in the bath tub, using brightly coloured foam shapes and water! Easy, effective and open-ended artistic exploration for young children and a great way to...
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Colourful Activities for Kids on It's Playtime!
These fantastic activities that were linked up last week are so bright and colourful, as well as being completely diverse (and great fun too!) Check them out and find some new blogs to read at the same...
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60 Nature Play Ideas for Kids!
Here are 60 amazing ideas for exploring nature with your child through play, art and investigation!I recently gave a talk at a nature play group, in the middle of the woods, about activities to do with...
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Looking after Snails
Here is a fun guest article about exploring nature and nurturing early science skills for kids, by raising snails at home!My name is Katie Norris and I so thrilled to be guest-posting for the amazing...
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Egg Carton Colour Sorting
Make a simple colour matching and sorting game using an egg box, colouring pens and coloured chips - great for reinforcing early maths skills in a playful way!We are still working on consolidating...
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Back to School Tips! from It's Playtime
Here are some wonderful ideas for starting school, healthy lunch box snacks and new traditions that were linked up to It's Playtime last week!Here's a very helpful and fun list of Simple Lunch Box...
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Reggio Inspired Baby Play Space
Create a play space for young babies inspired by Reggio principles, to encourage independent play, interaction with stimulating materials and curiosity about the world.This is the first in a series of...
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Alphabet Ice Block Play
Make some frozen letters and use them to play with the alphabet in a fun, sensory way (sneaking in a little learning on the side!)My friend Val introduced me to these wonderful alphabet ice trays which...
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Pre-reading and pre-writing Ideas from It's Playtime
Today I've chosen to feature 5 fantastic ideas for encouraging early literacy skills, from pre-reading and writing activities to creative story-telling prompts, with a large dose of theory thrown in...
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Fun at the Lollibop Festival!
We had a fantastic family day out at the Lollibop Kids Festival in London last weekend! Activities, crafts, games and wonderful children's entertainment were all on offer and the girls had a brilliant...
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Baby Sensory Play: Water
Next in our Baby Sensory Play series are the wonderful, limitless possibilities of water play! Every experience for baby is a new one and filled with amazing opportunities to learn about how things...
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The Hungry Caterpillar Play Dough Story-telling
We've combined two of our favourite things, play dough and stories, to come up with a fun new way to re-tell our favourite picture books! Using coloured, no-cook play dough, wooden food, a butterfly...
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Grinding Coffee Beans
Use an old-fashioned coffee grinder to learn about simple machinery, observe a change of materials, smell a fantastic sensory aroma and practise some vital, gross-motor actions! The side bonus is that...
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Sculptural Art Ideas for Kids [from It's Playtime]
There were some wonderful ideas linked up to It's Playtime last week, and in particular I loved these activity ideas for creating sculptural art work with kids! Exploring art in three dimensions...
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Our Birthday Tree Tradition
Create a wonderful new family tradition, by making a birthday tree together to mark the occasion! Last year we began our own family tradition of making birthday trees to celebrate each child's...
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