Planning and creating engaging outdoor play areas for children is one of my favourite things to do – another is…
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Make your own Birdbath!
We enjoy creating an environment that attracts birds and other wildlife to our garden and when the children told me…
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Make your own Sensory Small World
I enjoy creating opportunities for small world play – especially outside where I try to incorporate them into the natural…
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Sustainability in the Garden – How to Make a Worm Tower!
I’ve recently been exploring worm towers as a different way to involve the children in composting organic matter and also learning…
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5 Important elements to include in your natural outdoor play space
In my experience most children are happier and calmer when outdoors. I know I am. It would drive me absolutely…
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Sustainable Fun with Kids – Making Lavender Perfume
My 3 and 4 year old family day care group have been showing a lot of interest in the lavender…
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Kangaroo Fine Motor Tong Treasure Hunt !
I love to introduce new ideas and games into our outside spaces to encourage children to explore their environment, use…
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DIY Outdoor Balance Scales
With lots of new faces attending my family day care service now I thought it was time to introduce a…
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A Guide to Choosing Quality Child Care (Part 1)….Centre Based Care
I have often been asked by friends and family over the years what they should look for when choosing child…
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Fun with Freaky Rivet, Chalk and Balloon Bombing!
If you are a regular reader of this blog you will know how much we love our outdoor play here!…
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Weekend Wanderings…Pallet Beds, Water and Clay!
To be very honest with you…this weekend was a tough one! After weeks of trying to get ready for family…
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Weekend Wanderings – Grass Slime Cooking & Jobs Outdoors!
This weekend we had absolutely glorious Winter weather…blue skies, 24 degree sunshine and a light breeze…it was of course to…
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