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I thought the other week that it might be good to give the children a 3 dimensional painting experience as alot the the painting we do is two dimensional.  I decided…

 The Hungry Caterpillar is always a favourite story here, so I decided to make some props to accompany storytelling.  I got the idea from here. I printed out and laminated images…

 I wanted to do some Halloween themed crafts with the children but it was important to me that if they were producing an end product, it was one that they had…

 This week our discovery basket has been filled with wooden objects.  We included: a spoon, door knob, rolling ping, curtain rings, napkin rings, spinning top, nail brush, egg cup, salad…

I found this idea for salt painting on Irresitable Ideas for Play-based Learning( http://www.playbasedlearning.com.au/2010/11/painting-in-salt/ ) and adapted it to give it an Easter twist.  I gave the children large egg shaped templates…

Our Autumn Sensory Tub for this year:-)  It's got many of the same resources as last year but with a few additions / changes. I've used rice as a base instead…

 This is just a quick post to share some of the changes to our outdoor area. Now that summer seems to finally be on its way, I can start to…

So following on from our last playdough exploration, I added these resources for the children.  This time they had cinnamon and lemon playdough (as before), cinnamon sticks, cardomom seeds, lemon…

 Working with children for a few years now I've come to realise that real equipment often has far more appeal for little ones than plastic toys.  When I saw this…

I'm hearing lots of reciting of numbers from my little ones at the moment, so made this felt set to accompany our singing of 5 Little Speckled Frogs.  The main…

Anyone who is following my blog may have noticed that I have become rather obsessed lately with getting the little ones outdoors!  (I am holding Keirna over at Learning for Life personally…

We've had some fantastic weather in England this week.  After weeks of cold weather this meant only one thing, water play! I put aside my planning and set this up…