Learning through Play

The home of easy to set up play ideas! Browse a range of activities that are simple to create and often use the stuff you already have lying around your house! These activities are all created with communication development in mind, so be sure to join in with your little one and foster some conversation.

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Sloshy Bottle

Anyone else's babe utterly obsessed with their water bottle? August is constantly trying to get his hands on my @camelbak bottle - which is fine - but sometimes I need it for...

Play Circle

It's so tempting to plonk baby on the floor with all their toys within arms reach. Especially if, like mine, your baby gets loud and frustrated pretty quickly - sometimes...

Splodgy Art Pieces

Throwback to August's first painting experience!! This was SO EASY to set up and again was a great way to lengthen tummy time!! I cut some paper to fit into...

Festive Play Ideas

Everyone has some crappy baubles and a cake tin, right? This afternoon I put a mix of baubles in a (pretty dirty) cake tin for August. I made sure they...

Sensory Bags

Sensory Bags are a great activity for action words (splash, press, jiggle) and describing words (cold, wet, sparkly). There are several different ways you can make a sensory bag. Here...

Water Play

Language Tips for water play: ⋒ Talk about what the water and narrate what your baby is doing. E.g. ''You're doing big splashes!'' ''Pour the water'', ''it's all wet'' ⋒...

Bubbles

Quite obviously they're ridiculously fun. How magical must those colourful, floating orbs be to babies?! As a speech therapist, I've recommended parents play with bubbles many times and for many...

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