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Simple bubble play activity for kids

Simple soapy bubble play for toddlers and preschoolers

September 14, 2017 by Kate 3 Comments

Just like children are drawn to playing with water, children can also be just as attracted and fascinated by soapy bubbles in water. It might seem obvious, but simple soapy bubble play for toddlers and preschoolers is easy to set up, fun to watch and great for sensory development needs.  Anytime we have bubbles in […]

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How to make paper snowflakes with kids

September 11, 2017 by Kate 3 Comments

Children are fascinated with snow flakes and these square paper folded snow flakes are just beautiful and fun to make. Let me show you how to make paper snowflakes with kids. They will not stop at making just one.  I remember so clearly as a child making piles and piles of square and unique paper […]

Filed Under: 5 - 10 years, activities for preschoolers, Art & Craft, Craft, Fine Motor, Seasons, Winter Tagged With: paper, scissors, Winter

colour changing chameleon using paper plate

Colour changing Chameleon craft activity for kids using paper plates

September 7, 2017 by Kate 1 Comment

The Chameleon is a fascinating animal and one that children are often curious to know more about. In light of this, here is a fun and easy colour changing Chameleon craft activity for kids using paper plates!  The Chameleon is a wonderful and awe-inspiring animal and one that often spikes a child’s curiosity. Possibly because […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for children, Art & Craft

simple fine motor activity using a cardboard tube and elastic bands

Fine motor cardboard tube challenge for kids

September 6, 2017 by Kate 5 Comments

Here is a super simple fine motor cardboard tube challenge for kids! They simply need to remove the bands from the cardboard tube with their fingers. Can they get them on again?  As a busy mum with two girls, I like when things can be simple. I don’t like to over complicate things. This is […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, activities for preschoolers, Fine Motor

Family Woolworths and Earn and Learn campaign

Woolworths Earn and Learn program

August 26, 2017 by Kate 19 Comments

The Woolworths ‘Earn & Learn’ program is back in 2017 and I’m so excited to get involved. Sponsored by Woolworths For those of you who don’t know, the Woolworths ‘Earn & Learn’ program supports schools and early learning centres all over Australia to receive a-maaazing educational resources in learning areas such as sport, mathematics, arts, […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Sponsored Post

play dough pony beads

Threading pony beads on tree branches to build fine motor skills

August 25, 2017 by Kate 2 Comments

When your child is stuck indoors and looking for something fun to do then consider getting them to do an activity of threading pony beads on tree branches to build fine motor skills! It’s simple to set up and the decorated branches look stunning!  As our Winter season comes to an end here in Australia […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for preschoolers, activities for toddlers, Fine Motor, Indoor play

paint pots with cotton q-tips to use for kids to paint with

Kids painting with cotton q-tips

August 18, 2017 by Kate 2 Comments

If you haven’t had your kids painting with cotton q-tips then I urge you to give this simple and creative idea a go a-sap! It is really simple to set up and you can leave your toddler or preschooler to be as expressive as they like!  Whenever my girls, Possum (aged 5.5 years) and Boo […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, activities for preschoolers, activities for toddlers, Art, Fine Motor, Indoor play, Paint Tagged With: fine motor, paint, preschoolers, toddler

celery flowers

Celery flower stamping craft for kids

August 5, 2017 by Kate Leave a Comment

Here is a painting activity that doesn’t use a traditional painting brush. It’s a celery flower stamping craft for kids! The size of the celery base is easy for little hands to hold and the texture and print that’s left behind from the celery stalks makes it look like the petals of a flower.  This celery […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art & Craft, Paint Tagged With: paint, paper, stamping

learning to make numbers using tin foil

Learning about numbers and number formation using tin foil

July 31, 2017 by Kate Leave a Comment

Learning about numbers and number formation using tin foil is a wonderful fun activity for kids. It’s hard to believe, but all you need is tin foil! It’s amazingly simple and lots of fun. Possum (aged 5 years) is very good at reading and we have focused quite a lot of learning letters and phonic […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for preschoolers, activities for toddlers, Fine Motor, Numeracy Tagged With: fine motor, maths, tin foil

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My name is Kate and I am a mum to two little girls, Possum and Boo. We have lots of fun together learning with play at home and are pleased to share some of what we do with you.
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