Water Bead Sensory Bottle Nanny Anita 8 July, 2019 Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living We love playing with water beads here. They are just so relaxing. I can’t wait to use them with BB, but because of the risks they pose if swallowed, we will be sticking to making a water bead sensory bottle. ...
Pipette Activity for Toddlers Nanny Anita 3 July, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living A couple of weeks ago I posted a finger gym activity for BB, it is still one of his favourite activities to do. He will often ask for it from the shelf. This new pipette activity is along the same lines as the ...
How to Play Chase the Ace Card Game Nanny Anita 1 July, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living At the weekends I volunteer at Great Ormond Street in their weekend club. I have been doing it for over 4 ½ years, and really love it. Normally I do something called Team Teen, which means I (and my partner) fo...
How to Build a Perfect Den Nanny Anita 26 June, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living 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...
Zen Garden to Help Children Calm Down Nanny Anita 24 June, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living EC often finds falling asleep difficult. He lies there, sometimes for hours, trying to drift off. Which, obviously, gets very frustrating for him. We have tried everything to help him. Audiobooks, massages, cal...
Drawing Prompts for Kids Nanny Anita 19 June, 2019 Blogger, Crafts & Activities, 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 & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, 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 & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, 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 & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, 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 Blogger, Crafts & Activities, 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...
