Drawing Prompts for Kids Nanny Anita 19 June, 2019 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living I love to draw, I am not particularly good at it, but I do enjoy it. Over the last year both EC and YC have really started to enjoy sketching. As a kind of cross between a busy bag and a drawing exercise I ha...
Exploring Patterns With Mirrors Activity Nanny Anita 17 June, 2019 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living When I was based in London I would often take my charges to the Science Museum. One of our favourite places to explore was the Pattern Pod. We would have to go there as soon as it opened, in order to get some p...
Inside Out Stress Balls Nanny Anita 12 June, 2019 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living It has been a really long time since we made stress balls. I think I first made some with EC and YC when they were 3 and 5! So quite a while ago. We made cat ones last time. This time BB and I made Inside Out s...
How to Make Your Own Compass Nanny Anita 10 June, 2019 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living Learning how to make your own compass is pretty easy, and it really doesn’t take much time at all. Make sure you follow my science board on Pinterest for more ideas. Don’t forget to save the pin for later. ...
Body Tracing Art Activity Nanny Anita 5 June, 2019 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living When I was training at Norland one of my placements was at a nursery. We would often get a huge roll of paper and draw around the children. I haven’t done this body tracing art activity for years, so I though...
Mud Pie Kitchen Play Nanny Anita 3 June, 2019 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living Did you ever make mud pies when you were little? I loved making them, and playing in the mud in general. I remember spending many a summer afternoon sitting in our rock garden trying to make pools and rivers in...
Hidden Letter Sensory Tray Nanny Anita 27 May, 2019 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living We haven’t been actively teaching BB his phonics, but about once a week since his birth I’ve put a You Tube video of the jolly phonics on for him to listen to/watch while I topped and tailed him. As you can ima...
Pulled String Art Nanny Anita 22 May, 2019 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living I have seen pulled sting art floating around on the internet for a while now. It’s pretty simple to do and creates some unique pictures. I did wonder if BB would be able to take part in it, but he did just fine...
Paint Scrape Art Nanny Anita 15 May, 2019 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living Paint scrape art is a fun process in which children can make their own pieces of abstract art. It is such an easy one to do that even little ones can get involved. BB loved painting this way. In fact he sat doi...
Kinetic Sand Sensory Tray Nanny Anita 13 May, 2019 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living I done quite a few sensory trays with BB using rice, but I wanted to see how he would do with sand. He seems to have a love hate relationship with the stuff. When we’ve been to the beach he loves to play in it,...
