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Sticky ball activity for babies and toddlers

June 27, 2016 by Kate 9 Comments

The first five years of a child’s life is absolutely critical to their development, however, sometimes it can be difficult finding ways to engage and entertain young children in educational play based activities. Well let me share with you a fabulous sticky ball activity for babies and toddlers. It’s great for sensory development and problem solving […]

Filed Under: 0 - 12 months, 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, activities for babies, activities for toddlers, Sensory Play Tagged With: babies, baby play, ball, masking tape, sensory, sticky, two materials

Why do babies put everything in their mouth?

July 23, 2015 by Kate 22 Comments

Why do babies put everything in their mouth? It can seem like one of the great mysteries of parenthood. In this post I share with you the reasons why everything that your baby grasps goes straight to their mouth and suggest a product that will help you manage this time of crazy sensory exploration. Boo […]

Filed Under: 0 - 12 months, Giveaway, Parenting Tagged With: babies, baby, baby play, giveaway, learning, parenting, sensory

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Sensory baby play activity using a muffin tin

July 13, 2015 by Kate 6 Comments

I know this isn’t a knew idea by any stretch, but it’s so fabulous and babies just absolutely love it. So here is a fun sensory baby play activity using a muffin tin. It is so easy to set up and will have your baby playing and exploring for a long time. Of course this […]

Filed Under: 0 - 12 months, activities for babies, Fine Motor, Play, Sensory Play Tagged With: babies, baby, explore, fine motor, laying down, learning, siblings, sitting up, tummy time

The Disappearing Act

March 5, 2013 by Kate 51 Comments

Here is a fun way of playing with your baby and it is much like peek-a-boo, which they all know and love. I like to call it the disappearing act as they see an object appear and disappear in a container. It taps into developing their understanding of object permanence, so the object hasn’t actually […]

Filed Under: 0 - 12 months, Making, Play Tagged With: babies, baby

Baby playing with spaghetti

Spaghetti Play

October 16, 2012 by Kate 8 Comments

Children of all ages love to get involved in spaghetti play. You can simply colour the wonderful long strands or simply leave them uncoloured. Babies particularly love this type of play and parents don’t have to be too worried if they put it in their mouth as it’s all completely edible! Honestly, there really is so much learning […]

Filed Under: 0 - 12 months, Play, Recipes, Sensory Play Tagged With: babies, sensory play, toddlers

DIY sensory board for babies

DIY Sensory Board for Babies

September 25, 2012 by Kate 33 Comments

Here are the instructions on how you can make your own DIY sensory board for babies. I encourage you do make one of these yourself, your little ones will love it!  Providing our little ones with rich sensory learning experiences is so important. The good news is that it’s also really very easy to make your own […]

Filed Under: 0 - 12 months, Making, Play Tagged With: babies, DIY, sensory play

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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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