Messy play is incredibly important for development, so I like to provide August with as many messy opportunities as possible. Sunny days make it e...

Ok the secret is out, I absolutely HATE bubble machines! I'd hazard a guess that there's not one Speech and Language Therapist who would use one -...

@navybabynz packages their toys in these gorgeous organza bags and I've been saving them for an activity! Today we picked lavender when I spied a ...

August is truly in the 'enclosure schema' of play. This just means that he's really enjoying hiding things inside of other things, putting blanket...

Yesterday in the park, August showed interest in a puddle and I couldn't let him explore it because it was just before naptime (in the pushchair) ...

If you think dolls are just for girls then you have a whole lot of learning to do. Dolls are an incredible tool for learning and they're for every...

For a little simple, quiet, calm activity this afternoon when August was getting a bit wobbly - I cracked out the pegs. They’re not the posh woode...

You might have seen that we're all about having tea parties at the moment. It's not just an excuse for me to play with the wooden toy biscuits, I ...

WHO IS BRAVE ENOUGH?! We stepped up the mess factor today and played in mud. EVERYTHING is washable so why hold back? We rugged up and headed to t...

We continued exploring the rotation schema this afternoon by rolling our ball-pit balls down the pikler ramp. I put the kinderboard at the bottom ...

We did some icey painting today! It was a bit chilly outside but we had a blast - even if August preferred painting his feet than the paper. When ...

Exactly what it says on the tin! I filled a whisk with some colourful pom poms to spark August's interest. He'd never seen pom poms before so it w...