In the past T and I have often themed our week of play as I find it helps me to be a bit more intentional and creative about how we spend our time together. Recently though, I haven’t been great at getting my act together and taking the time to plan ahead. However, after reading […]
Recently we’ve been doing some France-themed play, and to support this, we got Usborne’s Listen and Learn First French Words from our local library.
As you may have seen if you follow me on Instagram, this week we’ve had a French theme to our play. One of my favourite things to do when in France is to visit the local market, so I decided to set up a simple market role play for T to play with. To set […]
As it’s National Allotment Week, I thought I’d share some of my favourite garden themed books for kids this week! I’ve got some fiction (though perhaps this should be called ‘stories’ as several of them are factual) and some non-fiction, as well as some delightful poetry! NB: This post does include affiliate links, which means […]
Recently we’ve been doing a few activities based around the theme of France. We spent one afternoon making some pictures inspired by Van Gogh’s The Starry Night and the results were really pleasing! So, I decided we would have another go using some of Henri Matisse’s collages. If (like me) you are almost completely unschooled in […]
This week we’ve got a bit of a French theme going on in our play, and to tie in this with this I wanted to look at some French art with T and use it to inspire some artwork of our own. We had a look at some of Van Gogh’s work and T was […]
I’m back with another ‘Brilliant Books’! This time I’m featuring a recent loan from our local library which has really appealed to T’s sense of humour. There’s a Dinosaur in my Bathtub is a whimsical tale about a girl named Amelia and the dinosaur who has come to stay for the summer. The book begins […]
Welcome! Thanks for stopping by. It’s great to have you here! Pears and Chocolate Sauce started in 2016 and was borne out of the desire to have a creative outlet where I could share my love for play-based learning. I’m a teacher by profession and it was while I was teaching that I discovered my […]