Join the Carnival of Outdoor Play

on July 28th, 2011%

outdoor play ideas

Welcome to the Carnival of Outdoor Play!

This week’s Play Academy link-up is all about Outdoor Play. Please share an idea for any kind of  outdoor play – a new post or one from your archive. Games, science, crafts, literacy, exploring, art – what  outdoor play activities do you enjoy? Help us build a fantastic store of  outdoor play ideas we can use whenever we need a new idea.

1. Please link to your actual post, not your homepage.

2. Please add a text link from your page through to this carnival, to invite others to come and share the ideas.

3. Go and visit some of the other blogs listed and say hi.

4. Grab an idea and go play!

5. Don’t forget to come back next Friday to join in with our regular ‘anything goes’ link-up. Read more »

One comment   Nature, Out and About, Outdoor, The Play Academy    

Literacy ideas: shopping lists

on May 5th, 2011%

A very simple but effective way to encourage your children’s writing when you’re going out shopping is to have the children write the list.

This shows them that writing has a purpose and involves them in serious, grown-up business. Don’t worry too much about spellings and neatness, the idea is to promote writing as something . . . → Read More: Literacy ideas: shopping lists

6 comments   Language, Out and About, Writing

How to make a rock pool

on April 25th, 2011%

After a trip to the beach we returned with a bucket full of treasures and decided to make a rock pool in the garden for lots more beach play at home. You can see in the pictures some of the things we collected, and a few we already had at home: pebbles and shells, sand and . . . → Read More: How to make a rock pool

16 comments   Messy, Out and About, Science, Seaside, Small world, Stories, Water play

Games to play with dice

on September 28th, 2010%

Things to keep in your nappy bag to keep children occupied while waiting for an appointment: what do you always carry with you? Small books, paper and pencils, pot of bubble stuff? How about a dice*? Here’s a couple of suggestions for simple dice games to play whenever you need to keep the kids entertained for . . . → Read More: Games to play with dice

5 comments   Active games, Language, Out and About, Outdoor   , ,  

Autumn walk activities

on September 22nd, 2010%

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The nights are drawing in and there’s a definite nip in the air but children still benefit so much from time playing outdoors. An autumn walk is one of our favourite free family activities so why not wrap up warm, head out and try one of these fun ideas.

Colour Treasure Hunting – Challenge the kids . . . → Read More: Autumn walk activities

2 comments   Autumn, Out and About, Outdoor   , , ,  

Autum leaf crafts

on September 13th, 2010%

I love autumn. I love the feeling of change and the crispness of the air but even better than that is the opportunity for lots of beautiful autumn crafts. Take a walk along a leafy lane with a pre-schooler and you simply can’t help having fun and learning something new. Talk about why the leaves are . . . → Read More: Autum leaf crafts

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