Racing Walnut Mice. Kids Craft from Red Ted Art

Jun 27, 2013

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The other day I finally got my hands on the fabulously talented, Maggy Woodley's new craft book for kids, Red Ted Art. Fellow blogging buddy, Maggy (the author of the popular Red Ted Art website) brings us a positively gorgeous book full of cute and easy crafts for kids.
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8 Creative Outside Play Ideas for kids

Jun 25, 2013

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Welcome to this week's TUESDAY TOTS.
Brought to you by Learn with Play at home (us), Rainy Day Mum,
Growing a Jeweled Rose and One Perfect Day


This Week:
Learn with Play at home is showcasing

8 Creative Outside Play Ideas for kids


These great posts all came from last weeks Tuesday Tots linkup
where we featured "Fun and Easy DIY Ideas for kids"



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Cardboard Comb Painting. Time To Create.

Jun 20, 2013

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I recently got my hands on a copy of "A Time to Create." The fabulous new hands-on, process art book for kids by Christie Burnett of childhood101.com. I'm thrilled to be part of their International Blog Tour.

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Fun and Easy DIY Play Ideas for Kids

Jun 18, 2013

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Welcome to  TUESDAY TOTS for this week.
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Growing a Jeweled Rose and One Perfect Day


This Week:
Learn with Play at home is featuring

Fun and Easy DIY Play Ideas for Kids


These great posts all came from last weeks Tuesday Tots linkup
where we featured "Kid-Made Fathers Day Gift Ideas"


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Quiet Box. Independent Activities for Kids.

Jun 13, 2013

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A little while back on Instagram I shared the above picture of Maddie, quietly engaged in the sunshine. It didn't take long for people to start asking about the specific contents of the "Quiet Box" that they spied in the background. So, I promised to write a post on it. Here it is :)

Back when my daughter was a bit younger, we made her a fun "Busy Box" full of things that she was able to manage independently. As she's grown older, her Busy Box was old news so it was time for me to come up with something new to capture her interest once again. Now as a preschooler, her ability to spend longer periods of time engaged independently has increased, so having something on hand to pull out when needed is very convenient. This time we called it our "Quiet Box."
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6 Simple Kid Made Fathers Day Gift ideas

Jun 11, 2013

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Welcome to  TUESDAY TOTS for this week.
Brought to you by Learn with Play at home (us), Rainy Day Mum,
Growing a Jeweled Rose and One Perfect Day


This Week:
Learn with Play at home is featuring

6 Simple Kid-made Fathers Day Gift Ideas


These great posts all came from last weeks Tuesday Tots linkup
where we featured "Fine Motor Activities for Kids"




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The pride that children experience when they create their own gifts for loved ones is a special feeling. It is also great to show children that there are some things that money can't buy and that our time and effort can be worth so much more and mean so much more to the people that love us.
Here I found 6 lovely, simple gift ideas that you could use for this Father's Day or pin away for other birthday and Christmas gift ideas.

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Invitation to Play and Learn with Playdough and Magnetic Letters. Toddler and Preschool Activity

Jun 6, 2013

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Once again I have been trying to come up with activities that are easy and open ended enough that both my 18 month old toddler and 4 year old preschooler can do together.

Playdough is one of our most used materials and today's Invitation to Play and Learn provides a number of different experiences and practice of skills for various age groups.

Toddlers will be working on using their senses, fine motor skills, manipulation and cognitive skills whilst in addition to that, Preschoolers are working on letter recognition, imprinting, patterning, creativity, spelling, letter sounds and more.

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Fine Motor Activities for Kids

Jun 4, 2013

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Welcome to  TUESDAY TOTS for this week.
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Growing a Jeweled Rose and One Perfect Day


This Week:
Learn with Play at home is featuring

Fine-Motor Activities for kids


These great posts all came from last weeks Tuesday Tots linkup
where we featured "Ideas to keep kids Active. Gross Motor Fun"


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Length, Measurement and Patterning with Playdough Snakes.

Jun 1, 2013

Length, Measurement & Patterning with Playdough Snakes. Hands-on, Playful Maths for kids.


Welcome back to the "Playful Maths" series brought to you by


Together, let's make MATHS FUN!

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Last week I shared a Playdough Flower Mat.

This weeks Playful Maths Activities also uses the sensory material Play dough (playdoh). 

In this activity we are focusing on length, measurement and patterns.
Other skills involved include fine motor, comparing and ordering.

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