With your special persons first birthday coming up, this is an ultimate guide to gifts for 1-year-olds that will help you choose the perfect gift to celebrate their special day. The Ultimate Guide to Gifts for 1-year-olds Choosing the ideal birthday present for my 1-year-olds has been a journey of both excitement and challenge for…
Threading onto natural branches is a great sensory activity for your toddler. Loads of incidental learning and developing vital skills. All with some natural branches! Threading with Natural Branches I discovered a gem of an activity that perfectly blends learning and nature. Threading wooden rings onto natural branches not only engaged my little one but…
Scoop and transfer activities have been a favourite go to in our play room for years and for good reason. Within. minutes a simple and engaging sensory activity can be set up and ready to play. These invitations to play always inspire creativity and allow for developing so many vital skills! Scoop and Transfer Activities…
This cotton ball fish activity is a great way to fill a spare half hour using resources that you likely have at home already. It is a perfect activity that proves simple can be the most engaging. All three of my kids have loved this easy set up fine motor activity. They love using the…
Be inspired to make play dough robots using recycled electronic parts from old controllers in this fun fine motor activity for toddlers and preschoolers. There is something fascinating about discovering the circuits, wires and springs inside old electronics. Using grown up tools such as a screwdriver (with proper adult supervision) adds an extra element of…
Dinner prep turned into an impromptu play time with some tops and peels sensory fun. Kids are non stop, ‘play with the box more than the toy that came in the box’. This is a perfect example of why kids don’t need all the fancy toys, bells and whistles. Simple play can be the best…
Strengthen those fine motor skills with this easy play idea, rubber bands on cans. With a decline of students entering kindergarten with the needed fine motor skills, as parents it is our responsibility to equip our children to give our kids the opportunity to develop these vital skills. These opportunities don’t need to be using…
What better way to get curious toddler hands exploring than a sensory play tray filled with boats in jelly! Better yet, we found an even more cost effective way to make jelly play, meaning more jelly for bigger play! We then teamed up our jelly with some boats to inspire magical spark in Mr 3s…
Level up your oobleck fun with this concrete oobleck construction truck sensory play activity for your truck loving toddler. We have made oobleck countless times over the years. Every single time, oobleck ticks the boxes and the kids love it. This time, I really wanted to follow Mr 3s current passion for all things construction…
Have fun exploring cause and effect with your toddler, rolling apples. Yup, apples. The first time we tried this activity was years ago and it was as much a hit then as it is now. The kids love it! The apples roll in unpredictable ways and there is something captivating watching them roll down the…
Reuse those plastic eggs left over from easter to cream this scoop and transfer egg water play activity for your toddler. Plastic fillable eggs are brilliant for play all year round. Teamed up with some kitchen essentials, and a bit of water and you can have this seemingly simple activity set up in minutes. I…
Strengthen fine motor skills using just water with this easy set up magic writing cloth silhouettes activity. Looking at these images, I can understand the *gasp* that may be leaving your lips however please, chill and breathe. Yes, it looks like there is black ‘paint’ happening… and indoors however it really isn’t! The black is…
A stormy day meant play time was primarily indoors and what better way to celebrate the muddy puddles outside than with some deliciously scented chocolate play dough! We have made brown play dough time and time again for many activities. Our gingerbread play dough is perfect for Christmas and doubled beautifully as a muddy track…
Encourage your baby to learn through play with this fun DIY threading with wooden tubes activity. Use common household items to transform a humble wooden tube into a game that your baby will want to do over and over again. Each grasp will be strengthening their hands. Each mistake will be a neural connection made,…
Turn learning how to tell the time into a fun baking activity with time telling apple pies. A Slice of Learning: Time Telling Apple Pies I’ve always believed that the kitchen serves as one of the best classrooms. What better lesson than combining the art of baking apple pies with the fundamental skill of telling…
If you are searching for an activity to regulate moods, entertain, encourage development and make some memories, look no further than a bubble pouring station. The classic pouring station will always have its place in the top activities to do with toddlers. In saying that, this is better. Bubbles are better. Adding bubbles to our…
Make learning sounds fun with a phonic bean bag toss. What kid doesn’t like throwing bean bags about? This learning activity is a collaboration between tossing beanbags and smashing down phonics – literally. Along with the sounds, your child will also be practising a multitude of other skills. All with the throw of a bean…
Toddlers love posting so why not introduce them to this simple DIY mini popstick posting egg carton activity. If you have a toddler, Im sure you have come to discover for placing things inside others. This is a developmental milestone that begins when they are just 6 months old. Posting activities allow them to explore…
Have some flipping fun with a bean bag pancake flip role play activity for your toddler. Our little mini me’s love watching and reenacting what they have seen us do over and over until they master the skills themselves. It goes without saying that handing a spatula to a toddler over a hot stove is…
Explore outer space with your toddler using this simple space themed flour sensory bin. This toddler activity can be set up in literally seconds and is priming with learning opportunities for your little space explorer. This article discusses benefits of sensory play, how to make this sensory bin taste safe and little tips to make…
