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Meal Plan Monday with Hello Fresh!

by playinspiredmumupdated on December 19, 2019May 21, 2018Leave a Comment on Meal Plan Monday with Hello Fresh!

In the early hours of this morning Miss 14 months was unsettled. Once she was settled and I was tucked back up in bed. I stumbled for my phone and …

Meal Plan Inspiration

Meal Plan Monday!

by playinspiredmumupdated on December 19, 2019May 14, 2018Leave a Comment on Meal Plan Monday!

It’s that day of the week when we open the fridge and create all sorts of dishes using the odd leftovers from the previous week. Welcome to Meal Plan Monday! …

  • 🍎 🐊 🐜 Fine Motor Fun with Letter A 🐜🐊🍎 Miss 2 had fun exploring the letter ‘A’ this morning and making the sounds an ‘a’ makes! She then traced the letters with her fingers before threading her worm through the apple. We are now off to the shop to do some grocery shopping and spot some A’s along the way! #playinspiredmum #learningthroughplay #letterrecognition #phonics #playathome #homeschooltoddler #playbasedlearning #funwithletters #learningresources #printables #toddleractivities #toddlerplayideas #educationalplayideas #finemotorskillsactivities #mummyblogger #australianmummyblogger
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  • 🌈 DIY Colour Matching with Crayon Rocks 🌈 Miss 2 was instantly intrigued when I began colouring little swatches of colour onto her piece of paper. She loved helping match the Duplo colours to match the rows before we cleared all the @crayon_rocks_australia off the page in preparation to match them up again! First we had a guess then tested the crayon rock next to the colour swatch before deciding if it was the correct crayon! Fine motor, colour matching fun that involves a few steps to complete the task. School readiness for 2021, we are coming for you! 😉 Love these crayon rocks? Get yours now with a preloaded 10% discount code at the checkout! Link in our resource page in bio 💓 #playinspiredmum #colourmatching #crayonrocksaustralia #learningthroughplay #finemotorskills #playbasedlearning #DUPLO #homeschooltoddler #toddlerplayideas #toddleractivity #colourrecognition #prewritingskills
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  • Celebrating one year of being a study Mum! Even 18 months ago, I would never have imagined myself being a student again, let alone a university student. While I love being a SAHM, it has been so empowering learning and engaging in ‘adult topics’. My vocabulary is coming back, the cogs are turning quicker and the baby brain cloud is lifting! If you have been considering studying, do it! Sourcing high education books has been so easy with @booktopiabooks offering a huge range, fast delivery across Australia and great prices (with AfterPay!) Bring on 2020 and the second year subjects! Can’t wait to discover and learn 🙌 #studymum #ad#booktopia #preserviceteacher #unilife #backtouni
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  • 🐋 🏝 Storm Whale Bookish Play 🏝🐋 Storm Whale is Miss 2s favourite book at the moment. Borrowed from our local library only on Monday, I wouldn’t even be able to tell you how many times it has been read since. We acted out some scenes from the story with this sensory small world ; coloured water, wet sand and some beachside loose parts. This little set up evolved into a pouring and sorting activity and then she made some yummy mud cakes 🐚 #play #sensoryplay #smallworldplay #loosepartsplay #kmarttray #kmartplaytray #whales #beachedwhale #stormwhale #comprehensionbuilding #bookishplay #readingwithkids #playtolearn #pretendplay #creativeplay #waterplay #sensoryplayideas #playathome #learningathome #vocabularybuilder #toddleractivity #toddleractivityideas #sensorysmallworld
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  • 🧂💛 Salty ABCs 💛🧂 Practising our letter formations using coloured salt and a nice chunky paint brush! First we matched upper and lower case letters and then practised our formations that will transfer perfectly to handwriting in years to come 👌💪 #finemotorskills #prewriting #letterformation #toddlerhomeschool #toddlerhomeschooling #prekindy #learningthroughplay #playathome #salt #colouredsalt #sensoryplay #sensoryplayideas #sensoryplayactivity #kmartplaytray #kmartplayidea #occupationaltherapy #preserviceteacher
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  • 😂😭😋 Exploring Emotions 😫😔🥰 Miss 2 and I have spent the morning exploring emotions! Many laughs were had practising making different faces to match our emotions flash cards 😂 With our new found knowledge, we played a game of Guess Who, being attentive to expressions before reading a book about feeling angry. Check out our resources page in bio for details on the game, book and printables 🙌 #playinspiredmum #emotions #expressions #readingemotions #learningthroughplay #learningemotions #toddlerplayidea #toddleractivity #guesswho #socialskills #socialskillsforkids #emotionsactivity #playathome #learningathome #homeschooltoddler
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  • 🧁 Numeracy Tea Party 🧁 Macaroons and tea cakes made maths fun! We 🍰 matched colours 🍰 identified similar attributes and sorted by colours & shapes 🍰 matched numerals, dots & macaroons 🍰 created patterns 🍰 enjoyed a tea party, taking turns being the server This is pack is from the ‘I’m a Little Teapot’ week from the ‘Sing and Play’ Subscription pack for 2-3 year olds 💕 Get the details on our resources page in bio 🙌 #playinspiredmum #earlynumeracy #numbers #learningmath #teaparty #teacherresources #nurseryrhymes #playsubscription #toddlerplaysubscription #playideasfortoddler #playtolearn #learningthroughplay #printables #toddleractivity #toddleractivities #macaroons #imalittleteapot #homeschooltoddler #toddlerhomeschool #playmatters #mummyblogger #aussiemumblogger #learningeveryday
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  • 🍌🥒 Banana and Zucchini Muffins 🥒🍌 With a few over ripe bananas on our hands, we headed over to @goodiegoodielunchbox and found this recipe. They are refined sugar free and amazing! I will be adding these to our lunchbox recipe roundup for sure! Thanks for another amazing recipe Bernadette! 😋 #playinspiredmum #goodiegoodielunchbox #lunchbox #schoollunchbox #hiddenveg #refinedsugarfree #noaddedsugar #healthytoddlersnack #toddlersnack #bananamuffins #bananaandzucchinimuffins #bakingwithkids #overripebananas #healthylunchbox #healthylunchboxideas
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  • 🐛 The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Spin & Seek ABC 🐛 We love a good board game and this one is great for Miss 2 to join in on the fun! Definitely worth checking out if you have been considering starting your board game collection 🙌 #playinspiredmum #toddlerboardgames #boardgames #theveryhungrycaterpillar #earlyliteracy #earlyyearslearning #earlyyearsnumeracy #learningthroughplay #playbasedlearning #preliteracyscanning #boardgames #familytime #screenfreekids #ericcarle #toddleractivity #preschool #numberrecognition #letterrecognition
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  • 🧂 🌈 Coloured Salt 🌈🧂 The brief was to sprinkle coloured salt onto their glue designs and watch the colours mix and blend. Colours were blended... and Miss 2 made her own salty glue hoop 🤦‍♀️🙌😂 #playinspiredmum #freelanceplay #colouredsalt #art #colourrecognition #sensoryplayidea #sensoryplay #sensoryplaytime #playathome #toddleractivities #toddlersofinstagram #playtolearn #messyplay
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  • 🐨 🐰Sylvanian Families 🐰🐨 The girls and I spent the afternoon setting up a little village with our Sylvanian Families collection. Does this bring back memories for you? Timeless, open ended toys are really amazing aren’t they? #playinspiredmum #sylvanianfamilies #sylvanianfamily #openendedplay #socialskills #babywearingmumma #pretendplay #roleplay #playbasedlearning #learningthroughplay #playathome
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  • 🐠 🐙 Egg Carton Coral Reef 🐙🐠 Do you have an egg@carton laying around? Here is a fun little craft idea! The girls loved creating their own interpretations of the Great Barrier Reef at our local @bunnings on the weekend! Paint, feather, pipecleaners, popsticks, styrofoam balls and some cardboard magically transformed into one of our beautiful natural wonders here in Australia 🇦🇺 #playinspiredmum #eggcartoncraft #eggcarton #looseparts #toddleracraft #greatbarrierreef #schoolholidayfun #creativeplay #popstickpuppets #fishcraft #octopus #learning #play #playtolearn #colourrecognition #toddleractivitiesathome #toddleractivity #toddleractivites #creativeplay #recycle #reuse #repurpose
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