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Make Your Own Shadow Puppet Theatre

Posted on 04/03/201905/08/2019by beccatooth
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In November as part of T’s home education, we spent a couple of weeks exploring and investigating light and shadow. As part of this, we created our own shadow puppet theatre! Here’s how we did it. Choose a story First thing is to pick which story you want to perform at your theatre. This can […]

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  • Messy Play

Valentines Sensory Play

Posted on 11/02/201905/08/2019by beccatooth

Valentines Day is almost here! If you hadn’t realised, don’t worry: it’s not until Thursday. You’ve still got time! May I suggest you finish reading this post for some great Valentines sensory inspiration, and then get on it?! T has been asking me if Valentines Day includes children. Of course! Or at least it does […]

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From the Bookshelf: Imagine, by Alison Lester

Posted on 02/04/201811/08/2019by beccatooth

A couple of years ago, we went for a New Years Day walk with some family and stopped off at a little café nearby. It had a lovely area for the children with lots of books for them to read, and it was here that I came across this total gem! I was straight on […]

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From the Bookshelf: Tidy, by Emily Gravett

Posted on 24/03/201811/08/2019by beccatooth

It’s been a while since I did a book review, and I have a GREAT one for you today! I’ve said before that we often visit the library together, and this is a library book which we just keep renewing because it’s such a great read! We do just need to buy it.

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  • Play

Make A Writing Area

Posted on 13/03/201805/08/2019by beccatooth

I’ve been wanting for a while to find a space where we can keep some of our art equipment for T to access independently. She is old enough now that I would trust her to be fairly responsible with using equipment in the right way and the right places, and since our arts and craft […]

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  • Themed Play

8 French Activities for Preschoolers

Posted on 11/04/201705/08/2019by beccatooth
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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 […]

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Brilliant Books: Usborne Listen and Learn First French Words

Posted on 07/04/201711/08/2019by beccatooth

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.

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  • Themed Play

Bienvenue sur Le Marché: French Market Role Play

Posted on 05/04/201705/08/2019by beccatooth

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 […]

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Brilliant Books: There’s a Dinosaur in my Bathtub

Posted on 30/03/201711/08/2019by beccatooth

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 […]

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  • Play

A Tisket, A Tasket, Here is my Rhyming Basket!

Posted on 18/03/201705/08/2019by beccatooth
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One of the things we’ve enjoyed doing with T for a while is singing nursery rhymes and reading rhyming stories or kids poetry. Recently she has begun to notice rhyming words around her and to make up her own nonsense rhyming words, so off the back of this sudden interest, I decided to create a simple rhyming activity for […]

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