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Thanksgiving weekend special offer: Learning Through Play!

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Thanksgiving weekend special offer

I have something so super to tell you about today! Melitsa of Raising Playful Tots and I have been working with some of our favourite bloggers and authors to bring you an amazing Thanksgiving weekend special offer.

We have put together a package worth over $100 – but available to you at a very special price – of e-books and resources, all based around Learning Through Play.  This Thanksgiving weekend special offer includes books on sensory play, outdoor play, art and crafts, positive parenting, learning to read and write and lots more. You’ll recognise the authors as the writers of some of your favourite blogs – check out the full details below to see who’s joining in.

Thanksgiving weekend special offer

This special bundle of books will be available for you to buy only over the Thanksgiving weekend. You’ve only got from Wednesday 21st November 2012 until midnight on Monday 26th November 2012 to buy this special offer. And really – you’ll want to!

I’ve read the books (and written one of them!) and I’m so happy to recommend this offer to you. These ladies really know their stuff and the books and resources are packed full of fantastic creative and practical ideas that you can use with your children. There are thirteen different authors joining in, bringing you over $100 worth of resources. And, guess what – you can buy the lot for just $9.99!

Read on to see all the items included in the Thanksgiving weekend special offer – and start looking forward to getting your copies! [Read more…]

Kids Art Explorers :: Making Puppets

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Here’s a lovely eco art project that we’ve created as part of our Kids Art Explorers projects.

This month the Art Explorers are seeing what they can create using natural, outdoor materials. You can browse all the ideas already linked up below, and join in and make something with your own children, but first we’d like to introduce our puppets.

 

Eco art :: making puppets [Read more…]

Art Explorers: nature art for kids

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Our Art Explorers project is back and we’re inviting you to join in with us and try something new with your children this month.

Art Explorers is all about investigating what art you can create with different materials. We love to see how things turn out, but the main focus is on enjoying the process of exploring new materials, combining things in different ways and simply seeing how your kids’ creativity and imagination flows.

In the past the Art Explorers have tried yarn art, going paper free and painting with anything apart from a paint brush. Are you up for this month’s challenge? [Read more…]

Autumn nature table

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autumn nature table

Do you create a seasonal nature table with your children? It’s so easy to do as the kids will probably be collecting conkers and acorns while they’re out and about anyway. We included some autumnal coloured flowers and some pumpkins and we’ll keep adding to it over the next few weeks.

A nature table lets the children connect with the changing seasons and provides lots of interesting textures for them to explore. The most important thing I think is to have this as a discovery table: not a decorative centre piece the children have to keep their hands off, but a place for them to explore. Let them touch and smell and manipulate the materials, and let them take things away from the table to use in their play too.

Do you let your babies and very young children play with natural materials? Whilst you need to be watchful as they will of course put everything in their mouth, it’s such a missed opportunity if you only let them have plastic toys to play with. The pumpkins will make an wonderfully interesting toy for them to explore, and the pine cones and conkers are so tactile and great for sensory play.

What’s on your nature table this month?

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