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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ANZAC Day Poppies

We're ready to put a poppy in our window. And we had a ridiculous amount of fun doing it. I put some of our @navybabynz metal pieces ina tray of watercolour paint...

Buried Treasure: Buttons and Sand

This activity was so quick to set up and it kept August entertained for ages. I reset it 3 times and he still loved it. We did a treasure hunt....

Making Music 🎼

We made a whole lot of noise today. We make a lot of noise every day. Shaker toys and noisy toys are a CONSTANT in our house - they're the...

Tea Party: Imaginative Play

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 promise....

Fun with Mud

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 the deck...

Foam Home

Errr - if you put bubble bath and water into the blender it makes foam 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ Again - we had to mostly play indoors today otherwise I would have done...

Bubble Tray

A sensory play activity that takes 30 seconds to set up. Ideal. We did this after breakfast this morning and it was a huge hit. How?All you need is an...

Camping by Torch light

August loved playing with the torch yesterday so I thought I'd set him up with a camp to shine it in. We can't both fit under the pikler triangle or...

They see me rollin'

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 to catch them all. We're super...

Paint Balling

We got MESSY today whilst exploring the rotation schema. "Wtf is the rotation schema?!" I hear you scream silently at your phone. Well a 'schema' is a pattern of repeated...

We got these GORGEOUS wooden buttons from @navybabynz. Having multiples of anything is fantastic for counting, sorting, finding and posting - I love that these buttons are slim so that when August's...

Pop to the shops

Spot the mother that is having shopping withdrawals during lockdown 😬😬 Today I set up a shop for August. YES this is elaborate and I KNOW that most of you...

Sheep Enquiry

August loves 'Where is the green sheep' book. He also loves a book with a lion but I figured a lion might be a little harder to bump into in...

Ice Painting 🌈

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 he'd...

Exploring Hot and Cold

August explored the difference between 'hot' and 'cold' today out in the garden. I filled two plastic tubs - one with hot-ish water and the other with cold water and...

Freshwater Flowers

Reminder: It's okay for babies to eat flowers. They will be fine. This morning's sensory experience was all about flowers! We explored our property for flowers to cut and bring...

Ball Pit Rescue

August loved playing in the ball pit at the party yesterday but aside from naming colours and describing the properties and whereabouts of a sphere - the language opportunities are...

Rice Rummage

An EASY messy play experience. I put some rice into an oven tray, added some everyday items like cups and spoons and let August go to town. I taped the...

Pasta Post and Pull

We has a quick explore with some pasta this afternoon. August can't bear me cooking without him so he's forever on my hip helping out with all his meals. He...

Flower Forage Sensory Bag

We had SO MUCH FUN today exploring our friend's beautiful garden. This was a two part activity that kept us busy for the afternoon - who doesn't love exploring a...