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A Small World Trip to Antarctica with a Toddler

November 10, 2018November 9, 2018 playinspiredmum

Learning Through Play

Getting Ready for Kindy

November 7, 2018November 9, 2018 playinspiredmum

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How to Survive a Three Year Old

November 2, 2018November 16, 2018 playinspiredmum

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How to Make Moon Dust and Luna Craters

October 23, 2018November 5, 2018 playinspiredmum

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Turning Screens Off and Active Play On

October 19, 2018November 5, 2018 playinspiredmum

Book Reviews Uncategorized

Story Tray – Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

October 3, 2018November 5, 2018 playinspiredmum

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Oobleck- A Sensory Marvel

October 2, 2018November 5, 2018 playinspiredmum

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How to Colour Pasta

September 25, 2018November 5, 2018 playinspiredmum

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Edible Sand Making Sensory Play Safe for Toddlers too!

June 20, 2018November 5, 2018 playinspiredmum

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Welcome to my Play Inspired Mum Blog, aimed to inspire creative play ideas, encourage the love of reading with children, share yummy meal inspiration, offer tips to make your household eco friendly and remind you that you are not alone on this wild rollercoaster of a journey.

We will celebrate new discoveries, encourage curiosity, reveal secrets to encouraging healthy development of vital life skills and offer you unique insight so you may be armed with more information to assist you in making an informed choice for your family and loved ones that is right for you.

I am a busy mum of three beautiful children. Each have their strengths, their weaknesses (the apples haven’t fallen far from the tree there) and quirky personalities.

My parenting journey so far has been raw, challenging and the most rewarding years of my life and I would not change a thing.

I have been fortunate enough to collaborate with some truly inspiration women whom I have learnt so much from over the last few years, particularly surrounding the importance of play based learning in early childhood.

I am truly so excited to have this platform to share what I have learnt with you!

Whether you are a mum to be, newbie or caregiver of 6 little glitter covered delights, I hope you may be inspired on your parenting journey ❤

Dani D x

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Welcome to my Play Inspired Mum Blog, aimed to inspire creative play ideas, encourage the love of reading with children, share yummy meal inspiration, offer tips to make your household eco friendly and remind you that you are not alone on this wild rollercoaster of a journey. We will celebrate new discoveries, encourage curiosity, reveal… Continue reading Home

Play Ideas for Nature Hoarding Toddlers

Both of my girls have been, well still are, nature hoarders. They will find, pick up and cherish rocks, gumnuts, leaves, sticks, bits of mulch, snail shells, snails themselves and all sorts! My car, pram and handbag are never free of some type of organic matter of some sort and they are always so valuably… Continue reading Play Ideas for Nature Hoarding Toddlers

Edible Gloopy Slime for Sensory Play

One of the common questions I have been asked by parents lately has been requests for sensory play ideas for toddlers who are still putting everything in their mouth. There is certainly a lot for a young child to learn from their environment by mouthing so it really isn’t a behaviour that should be discouraged… Continue reading Edible Gloopy Slime for Sensory Play

What Could Be More Important Than Teaching Our Toddlers To Share

“Sharing is caring” Yes, this is true however it is also a learned skill that our toddlers need to develop over time. Developmentally an average child should not be expected to share, understanding what it truly means until they are pre-school age. Rather than focusing on sharing, encourage your child to take turns. Whats the… Continue reading What Could Be More Important Than Teaching Our Toddlers To Share

DIY Lego Maze Board!

I’m all for generational, long lasting toys. This morning I asked Miss 4 what type of activities she felt like enjoying today. When she mentioned she would like to build, Lego was a must! Both Mr 10 and Miss 4 love their Lego. It is always on their wish lists and it certainly gets lots… Continue reading DIY Lego Maze Board!

Fine Motor Fun With Play Dough Letter and Numbers

Learning letters and numbers doesn’t have to be all text books and flash cards. Your child certainly doesn’t need a pencil in hand to begin to build up skills that will assist them in their handwriting journey either! With this in mind, we set up a fun play dough activity that would allow both Miss… Continue reading Fine Motor Fun With Play Dough Letter and Numbers

Milking Cows with Your Toddler

We are celebrating all things farming in our play this week. What do farmers do first thing in the morning? They milk their cows! Over breakfast and their bowls filled with cereal and milk, we spoke about where milk comes from and how the milk gets from the cow to our fridge. From there the… Continue reading Milking Cows with Your Toddler

A Small World Trip to Antarctica with a Toddler

Standing in kitchen this afternoon, I was watching the girls playing nicely but I could see that we were about to hit THAT time of day. Seams were beginning to come undone. The dreaded witching hour… haha… an hour. Oh that’s funny… Between approximately 2pm and 6pm each afternoon Miss 4 and Miss 20m are… Continue reading A Small World Trip to Antarctica with a Toddler

Getting Ready for Kindy

It’s that nerve wracking time for many parents. Enrolments into Kindy have been completed and now it’s the waiting game until the beginning of the next school year. Such a bittersweet isn’t it? Getting their children ‘ready’ for their first day of formal schooling is a topic that has been coming up in conversation lately.… Continue reading Getting Ready for Kindy

How to Survive a Three Year Old

(Written November 2016) I love my daughter, I really do however the last few months I have wondered if perhaps she has been possessed or had a body swap with a non human being of some type. At first I had put her change of behaviour down to a lot of changes occurring in her… Continue reading How to Survive a Three Year Old

An Alien Friend

Our ‘Out of this World’ play theme for the week has taken us to planets, stars and the moon. This morning we toyed with the idea of aliens! Miss 4s eyes were wide when I explained that some people do believe that there are people who come from other planets and there are others who… Continue reading An Alien Friend