Maths

    While browsing in a hardware store I came across these fishing nets which I had recently seen at a children’s festival paired with some plastic ducks. So we snapped up 4 of them and marched home with them collecting

During the summer holidays I find it’s always useful to have a pot of play dough in the fridge ready in case the children need extra entertaining. We plan plenty of activities to last the day but sometimes they finish a

This September my little man will be starting school and on the build up I wanted to incorporate numbers and letters in our play a little more. Little man will be 5 in September and has already started to ask me

With the Tour De France now visiting the UK I have tried to introduce this into the children’s planning. We are lucky that they will be coming close to our town and had I of thought of it I could have

Create a Valentines day activity which will help your child recognise their numbers and count up to ten while spending some loving quality time with your little one. Resources: Material petals Marker pen Sequins or beads for counting Coloured rice A

At home we have recently been doing activities which help Little Man to recognise his number figures and counting using object’s. I have been doing this through a mixture of structured and free play activities and found some great ideas on

Use Autumn leaves and conkers or Acorns to create an exciting counting activity for children. This is also a great way for children to explore natural objects and observe the changes they go through. I set up the dining table with

We love an excuse to paint in this house and pulling in opportunities to explore other area’s of development makes painting even more fun. This term at home I am trying to see where little man is with his maths. An

Simply adding number figures into children’s play can help children to build their number recognition. Slowly you can give the numbers more meaning through talking about their shape and using them to count maybe using other resources to help. Using methods

Last week we were inundated with parcels turning up at the door. Our living room was starting to look like box city which would have been fine if I didn’t need the boxes because the children would have had a great time crawling