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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Play Ideas for around home

Play Ideas for around home

Play ideas.What I did at home all day with the (sick)2yo and the 4yo.Totally not spending hours coming up with elite play ideas - just moving the resources and getting...
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How to help your toddler to recognise their name

How to help your toddler to recognise their name

Names are like symbols.Kids can recognise symbols before they can read.That's why they understand things like stop signs and the big 'm' of McDonald's long before they can actually decode...
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Are clothes holding back your child's development?!

Are clothes holding back your child's development?!

Wet feet ✅ cold hands ✅If clothes are child sized then they're made for play. A child's only job is to play, and explore, and get messy, and discover how...
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No time to set up Learning Activities

No time to set up Learning Activities

No time? Do this.Just involve your kids in what you're doing. Whether thar be cooking or laundry or dishes - just give them a role. You'd be surprised how much...
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Rules I stick to at the Park

Rules I stick to at the Park

Are you holding your child back?!It can feel like we're helping when we're holding our child's hand for balance, helping them to climb and putting them on the top of...
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Are you Triggered by Messy Play?

Are you Triggered by Messy Play?

Triggered?You're not alone. I've heard so many parents say that messy play triggers them, whether it be the worry of it getting on the furniture or the beautiful colours being...
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Easy, Taste-safe Play Dough

Easy, Taste-safe Play Dough

It's too easy not to try. And it's taste safe! The recipe: 1c Flour 1c Water ⅓c Salt 2tsp Cream of Tartar 1tbs Oil Dash of Food Colouring The method:...
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Take some of the parts and take a turn

Take some of the parts and take a turn

There's no shame in being taught how to play with your child. We all grow up, and as most of us don't go on to work with children, it's easy...
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