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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✈️ Make Paper Planes Together

One piece of paper. Hours of fun.Level up:- colour them in- add stickers- make a runway- have competitions- throw from high places- make a hanger for them to rest in...

Easy Posting Game

Play, develop fine motor skills and hand eye coordination with stuff you already have at home. 👌 this is an amazing activity for out and about. Need to keep your...

Turning Recycling into Play

This play idea just keeps on giving. I poked holes in an empty dishwashing powder bottle and gave Etta a tub of cotton buds. What could have just been recycling...

Exploring Stickers

We're really into stickers at the moment. I even took them in my bag of tricks to entertain August on the flight to Christchurch. They're a sticky, colourful novelty and...

Connetix Creations

We’re loving these at the moment so I had to do a post about them. Magnetic tiles are fab for so many reasons:🧐 fine motor skills - holding and manipulating...

Texture Transfer

For those of you who've wondered why there's been birdseed all over my carpet - here you go. I set up this dry sensory play experience for August and gave...

Tidy-up Tongs

I’m sure you’ve all seen tongs used in sensory play and Montessori activities to develop a child’s fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. I’m here to remind you it doesn’t...

Peg Peg Peg – Practical Life Tasks

Auggie got a little peg apron for Christmas and since then he's loving helping to peg out some of his smaller pieces like bibs and socks.WHY?Kids love helping out with...

Wipe Box Posting

Auggie has been sick this long weekend so we've been inside a lot. That has meant I've had to be on my game with keeping him engaged in resources he...

Beach Play Tray

Some simple sensory play today - sand. You can't get more classic than that. We keep a load of sand in a big plastic container and we tip it into...

Trajectory Schema

Sit back for a little while and watch what your little one is doing with their toys. If they're pushing their things along, rolling down a ramp, kicking things forward,...

Mystery Bag

August is truly in the 'enclosure schema' of play. This just means that he's really enjoying hiding things inside of other things, putting blankets/clothes over his head and crawling into...