Walking Paper Caterpillars
A few years ago, I did a blowing pom pom activity for toddlers that was to help strengthen the muscles used for talking. Today we have been doing a similar activity, but slightly more advanced. We have been m...
How to Build a Perfect Den
I had hoped that I could build this perfect den outside for my charges. However, the English weather had other ideas and decided to dump around a months worth of rain in a week. I guess then this den has been t...
How to Make Walking Paper Horses
I originally made these walking paper horses last year during the first lock down, but we did so many crafts and activities during those months, that I was absolutely overloaded with posts. That doesn’t really...
DIY Nursery Rhyme Puppets
While I was training at Norland I was placed into a baby room at a nursery for a term. It was a sweet little place and every morning we would take the babies into the preschool room for singing. In the centre o...
Loo Roll Marble Maze
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...
Wooden Spoon Puppets for Story Time
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 ...
How to Make Papyrus
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 ...
Pasta Structures for Fine Motor Skill Development
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...
Pom Pom Mazes
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...
How to Make Cardboard Frisbees
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...
