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Yarn wrapped shapes for learning

Yarn wrapped shapes

February 4, 2015 by Kate 4 Comments

Children will develop a greater understanding of basic shapes and their features with this fun and simple wrapping activity. Yarn wrapped shapes will also help children develop their fine motor skills.  I love when learning activities are educational, simple and fun. Possum (aged 3 years) likes talking about commonly found shapes and has a developing understanding of […]

Filed Under: 5 - 10 years, Fine Motor, Numeracy Tagged With: colours, maths, shapes

learning about numbers through play with kids

Number matching activity for kids

January 15, 2015 by Kate 15 Comments

Simple to make number matching activity that toddlers and preschoolers can do at home or in the classroom. Great for developing number recognition and matching skills.  Possum (aged 3 years) has shown a wonderful curiosity for numbers for quite awhile now. She recognises them when we are out and about and regularly asks us to write […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Numeracy, Uncategorized Tagged With: homemade, matching, math, number, numeracy

sticker matching with kids

Sticker Matching Activity

October 1, 2014 by Kate 14 Comments

Here is a fun sticker matching activity for kids. It’s great to do with children who are beginning to recognise similarities and differences and making connections between objects and pictures. It’s wonderfully easy to set up too! Possum (almost 3 years) has quite an obsession with stickers! Are your children the same? It’s an obsession […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, Fine Motor, Numeracy, Uncategorized Tagged With: fine motor, matching, maths

Coloured number counting tubes for kids

Coloured Counting Tubes

July 14, 2014 by Kate 6 Comments

It is absolutely true to say that before learning to count a child needs to understand ‘one to one correspondence‘, which is having the skills to be able to match an object with a number or object. Keep in mind that children may not master this skill until well after 5 years of age. Little Possum (aged 2.5 […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, busy bag, Numeracy Tagged With: colours, matching, math, one to one correspondence

Sorting Colours Activity from 3-5 ebook

Three to Five: Playful Preschool ebook

May 18, 2014 by Kate 18 Comments

  It is with great excitement and a lot of anticipation that I announce the launch of this outstanding preschool activity book. If you had a child who is aged around 3 – 5 then this downloadable resource book for you. Covering a wide variety of learning areas, such as math, language, science, art and play, […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, Art, Craft, ebook, Numeracy, Play Tagged With: activities, ebook, preschooler, printables

Colour sorting activity for toddlers

January 31, 2014 by Kate 11 Comments

Here is a fun and educational colour sorting activity for toddlers that can easily be done at home or in a classroom environment! It has been the last few weeks that I’ve really noticed that Possum (aged 2) showing a greater interest in the colours of objects. She will often blast out with, “that’s green” […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, Numeracy Tagged With: activity, color, colour, contact paper, fun, grouping, learning, sorting, teaching, toddler, toddlers

Invitation to explore wrapping paper and introduce the concept of ‘area’

December 2, 2013 by Kate Leave a Comment

  It has only just ticked over to December and we are already enjoying the thrill of gift giving and receiving. Of course that means that we are also swimming in lots of gift wrapping paper! LOL    As usual, I find it hard to simply throw out the scraps of paper that can simply […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Christmas, Numeracy

Top Number Games for Kids

November 12, 2013 by Kate 1 Comment

  Here are are few top number games for kids that are often taught in the classroom. All of them I have used myself at one time or another.    These games aim to improve a child’s skills and work towards consolidating their understanding of numbers. The beauty is that most of them can be […]

Filed Under: 5 - 10 years, featured, Natural Materials, Numeracy

Teaching Maths using Recycled DVD Covers

October 28, 2013 by Kate 6 Comments

  I recently had a huge clean out at home. It was the kind of clean out that makes a terrible mess before you see any real progress. Anyway, I came across a heap of old Playstation 2 games. I threw them on eBay but they weren’t worth the 99 cents I listed them for. […]

Filed Under: 5 - 10 years, Numeracy

Colour Sorting Activity using Envelopes

Colour Sorting Activity for Toddlers

October 14, 2013 by Kate 20 Comments

Here is a fabulous colour sorting activity for toddlers that you can do simply at home. Children can be so incredibly curious and will often test and experimenting from a very early age.    I love this approach to learning because –  it can be used to teach across all areas of a curriculum (maths problems, […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Fine Motor, Literacy, Numeracy

Making a Number Roll for Learning

June 30, 2013 by Kate 20 Comments

A week or so ago I’d posted about a great tool that children could use for learning words.  It is since then that I’ve felt inspired to take it further and share with you another learning tool but this time it focuses on number. This number roll teaches children about the different ways a number can be identified […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Numeracy

Word Rolls

June 17, 2013 by Kate 42 Comments

It’s true that every country, state and school can approach reading education differently, however, these little wordy rolls are great to assist children in recognising how words are put together and can often be broken up in diagraphs and phonemic blends.  I simply recycled some wrapping paper tubes that I’d normally have thrown out and fortunately […]

Filed Under: 5 - 10 years, Numeracy, Play Tagged With: DIY, literacy, words

Learn with Wax

June 14, 2013 by Kate 3 Comments

When I was teaching in the classroom I’d be alway looking for different ways to engage children in their learning and also make it an enjoyable experience for them.  One way I would find to engage reluctant learners was using wax with water colour paints!  I’ve put together a few ways that you can use […]

Filed Under: 5 - 10 years, Literacy, Numeracy

LEGO activity for toddlers

LEGO activity for tots

May 30, 2013 by Kate 15 Comments

Here is a fabulous LEGO activity for tots to do simply at home. It is wonderful for hand-eye coordination and colour matching.   Don’t you just love those moments when children surprise you?  Possum and I were playing with a few random paddle pop sticks that I’d left out from a craft activity when she […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, Fine Motor, Numeracy, Play

Maths Outdoors

February 2, 2013 by Kate 11 Comments

Learning doesn’t have to be restricted to the four walls of the home or classroom.  Children get so much out of learning experiences when they are outdoors!  We took a tub of chunky chalk and ventured down to the local high school.  Asphalt is a great canvas to showcase learning.  ____________________ Here is an activity […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Numeracy

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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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