This month, we’ve been really enjoying getting back to nature by participating in 30 Days Wild. One of the activities we’ve enjoyed is to make a Hapa Zome print. Hapa Zome is the Japanese art of print making by hammering plants in to fabric. I first came across it when a class of mine did […]
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51 ideas for #30DaysWild
June has arrived and this marks the start of #30DaysWild. If you haven’t heard of this before, #30DaysWild is an annual campaign run by The Wildlife Trusts, which encourages young and old to get outside each day in June and find some small way to reconnect with nature. It’s a campaign which has been on […]
Messy Play: The Beginnings of a Mud Kitchen
I’ve been keen to make a mud kitchen for T for a long time. They’re such a fun way to spend time outdoors, and are brilliant for all kinds of learning opportunities: sensory development; imaginative play; language development; learning about capacity and measuring; and scientific exploration as they mix different materials. When T started at […]
Celebrating Autumn
I love Autumn! I don’t think I’d ever be able to choose a favourite season as I really love them all, but in Autumn I just love the beautiful colours, the knitwear, and the run-up to Christmas! Here are a few of the Autumnal activities we’ve been enjoying. Why not give them a go at […]
Top Toys: Ten Toys for a Three Year Old
Welcome back to my Top Toys series. Here I will be laying out my favourite toys for a three year old, many of which will be on T’s birthday list this year! These are definitely getting a bit harder now. This is probably partly because my daughter is still only two, so I’m having to […]
Recent goings on…
Life has been a bit out of routine recently. Mostly good stuff but it’s just thrown me off a bit! Last week my husband was on holiday. We stayed at home but spent the week doing some fun stuff in the city. At the weekend we went away with my family to celebrate my Dad’s […]
The Great Outdoors!
We haven’t really had a theme this week. I have been back to work this week after the Easter hols, so I was focused on that and not on how to spend my ‘days off’ (not that time with a toddler is really ‘off’)! This week, we have mainly been out enjoying the beautiful sunshine […]