Do you remember having those ball puzzles where you had to get the small ball to travel through a maze? I love them, and have a couple of them that I can put into my nanny bag when we are out an about. Becaus...
While I was training at college, we had to make up our own story bags; they would be full of props to go with a specific book. It is always fun to give children the props and for them to act out the story that ...
Last term EC was learning about Ancient Egypt for history. I’m not going to lie; I was pretty psyched about it. I have always been fascinated by the Ancient Egyptians. We did, for the most part follow what the ...
Threading pasta is a very easy activity for toddlers and pre-schoolers to help improve their fine motor skills. We have taken it one step further and made some pasta structures. Not only are you helping develop...
Last year I did a pom pom blowing activity for BB. It was a good activity to help with oral development, which is important for speech. As we’ve got lots of time on our hands while the older ones are home schoo...
When I was making the bean bag toss game I saved up the cardboard disks that I cut out from it. As I was getting ready to throw them out I suddenly thought that they would make pretty good cardboard Frisbees. A...
I love making storybook play sets; I think that they add another dimension to the whole story telling process. You can either use the play sets while reading the story or as independent play. One of the favouri...
First of all I will apologise for the complete lack of photos, we did this activity last year and I didn't actually write it up! Our St. George's shield have survived really well over the past year and have tak...
Im not going to lie, I am super proud of this activity. Not because of it's coolness factor, but because it appealed to the nerd in me. If you have ever seen/ read Captain America you will know that he spent a ...
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