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10 Christmas Crafts

10 Christmas Craft Ideas

It’s been a crazy few weeks in our house lately and Christmas has been on the back burner a bit but I’m excited that the children can start their advent calenders tomorrow and the count down can finally begin. I thought
Melted bead snow flake ornaments

Melted Bead Snowflake Decorations

It’s just over a month now until Christmas and in our house we have already started to prepare for the winter and Christmas celebrations. With all the idea’s on pinterest and around the blogging community it’s hard to contain the excitement
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Small World Play: Construction Site

The boys have a keen interest in all things transport at the moment and I have been trying to offer activities which spark their imagination and small world play is a great way to do this. Last week I set up

Talking About Road Safety With Collage Traffic Lights

This month the children have started to pay more interest in transport so I have been working this into my planning. With the older children this is a great opportunity to start talking to them about road safety while out and

Oatmeal Play Dough Recipe’s

By now most homes that have a love for play dough would have their own recipes which they get out every so often. We recently tried a new recipe which works well for the smaller children in our setting, oatmeal play

10 Ideas For Outdoor Play With Toddlers

With summer soon upon us I’ve been thinking of how we could use the garden more and have already got a brand new sand pit and sensory tray ready for some exciting outdoor activities. I’ve been brainstorming what thing’s we could

Play Tray: Easter Rice

Adding Easter play idea’s into your day is a great way of encouraging discussion with your children about the  reason’s we celebrate Easter. Even if you are not particularly religious or do not celebrate Easter because of your own religion. The

Best of 2012- Sensory Activities for Babies and Toddlers

Back in October I wrote a blog post explaining that I would be changing the focus on Playful Learners as Little Man was getting older and had less interest in sensory activities in tuff spots and was more intrigued by small world play.

Guest Post: String Painting

Hello, I’m Hannah from Making Boys Men and I’m delighted to be guest posting at Playful Learners.  I’m a fellow stay at home Brit Mum to three boys under five and I blog about the adventures and play we have together.

Tuff Spot- Digging in the Snow

  This morning we woke up to the beautiful sight of  snow out side our window and it was still coming down pretty hard. Lady P was lucky taken to school by another parent which meant I did not need to