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Bumble bee game for kids: maths and spelling

30/05/2017 by Cathy James 2 Comments

Here’s a fun DIY bumble bee game. It’s great hands-on activity to play maths games or work on spelling.

$Fun bumble bee game for numbers and words. Great spelling or math game.$

Bumble bee game: math and spelling

DIY craft recipe :: how to make clay

07/05/2017 by Cathy James 41 Comments

Here’s a super easy DIY craft recipe that shows you how to make clay {that’s actually more like an air-drying dough) and turn it in to some beautiful butterflies.

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Dragon small world :: messy play

19/04/2017 by Cathy James 11 Comments

Welcome to a brand new feature on NurtureStore! I’m thrilled to be joined by a group of fabulous guest writers, who will be bringing us their take on fun play ideas. I’ve invited some of my favourite bloggers over to share with us ideas their children love. There will be a whole mix of activity ideas in the series, so please read along, enjoy the ideas, and hop over their blogs to discover more.

Starting off our new series, we have Asia, with a fun messy play idea :: a dragon small world!

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Creative writing ideas :: word birds

03/04/2017 by Cathy James 16 Comments

We were lucky enough to attend a workshop with the textile artist BeckyAdams as part of the GobbleDEEbook Children’s Literature Festival. Becky introduced a creative writing idea that combined art, imagination and storytelling and invited everyone to make their very own Word Bird. Here’s how our little flock turned out, and how you can make some Word Birds with your own children.

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How to make a spring nature table

21/03/2017 by Cathy James Leave a Comment

Do you have a spring nature table? They’re a wonderful way to bring nature into your home or classroom, and encourage children to connect by investigating and responding to the treasures of the season.

Let’s get our nature tables ready for spring today.

Welcoming spring into our homes and classrooms

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Easter bunny and spring lamb cards

18/03/2017 by Cathy James 5 Comments

Today, less is more. Little made these two Easter cards to give to her best friends at pre-school. They are a very simple design but I think they’re prefect Easter cards for a little one to make, almost by themselves. You can just draw the basic outline and then let them take charge and make a unique card. So easy, you could make them this weekend to send to grandparents in time for the Easter holiday.

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Craft activities for children :: Easter potato printing

16/03/2017 by Cathy James 5 Comments

Looking for some Easter craft activities for children? Here’s an idea that takes a childhood classic and gives it a spring-time twist – we’re potato printing chicks, lambs and rabbits!

This post is part of the Spring and Easter blog party – take a look at the end of this post and you’ll find over 80 fun Easter activities for children, tried and tested by kids blogs from right around the world.