Inspiring ideas, training and resources for early learning.
Soapy Slime is one of my favourite activities for all ages – babies, toddlers and preschoolers and if you don’t get it too dirty it will last for ages! If you have never made soapy slime for sensory play make sure to check out the recipe further below! With Christmas coming up and the playful preschoolers all excited about hanging baubles…
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Welcome to our Weekly Wanderings once again, can you believe it’s Sunday already? It truly is going to be Christmas before we know it! Let’s take a little wander through some of the fun activities we did outside last week with the family day care kids. The weather is certainly warming up but it’s no reason not to get outside…
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The playful preschoolers had been reminding me all day that I threw out their old playdough and promised we would make some Christmas playdough ‘soon’. Apparently ‘soon’ meant today and they weren’t going to give up!So I pulled out my favourite uncooked playdough recipe which is very similar to the one Anna shares on the Imagination Tree which is wonderfully soft….
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I can no longer pretend it isn’t time to start organising the Christmas gifts for Grandparents, other family members and friends (I know some of you will already have it sorted though!!) so I have been looking through our Christmas ideas from last year for a little inspiration. I really love giving gifts from the kids, they just mean so…
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I’m a little late this week with Weekly Wanderings but I hope you find some outdoor inspiration and ideas as I share a few of last week’s home day care play based learning activities. I picked up these curvy pots recently at a $2 shop and they have been the resource of the week I must say. We have been…
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Sometimes when I find myself making lunches and sweeping the kitchen floor at midnight I stop for a moment and wonder if this is all there is. If one day I will find the time to do great things or perhaps find my way as my own person again rather than just a mum and general housekeeper. I’m not sad…
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