Welcome to build a den day! If you’re following along with our stay-at-home, screen-free activities, get ready for some construction.
15 fabulous small world activities:: Simple Play series
There’s something so wonderful about creating a small world to play with.
Whether your child loves dolls, trains, dinosaurs or diggers, setting up a miniature land, where they can imagine, role play, chat and act our stories, is packed full of play and learning potential.
Here are fifteen of our favourite small world play ideas, and invitation for you to join in with us.
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The top 10 play dough ideas :: Simple Play
Today’s invitation in the Stay at Home, Screen Free Activities Programme is all about play dough.
Never made it before? Run out of ideas for something new?
Here are my top ten play dough ideas – and an easy recipe for homemade playdough.
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10 simple water play ideas
Here are ten simple water play ideas that you could try with your children.
Ten ideas for simple play with water
The best kids painting ideas :: Simple Play
For day three of our at-home, screen free activities series, we’re taking a cue from a report in the US that opportunities for art can have a dramatic and positive effect on children’s academic performance, and we’re all about: paint!
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Arts and crafts using glue
Glue is a wonderful sensory material for children to explore, and a springboard into all sorts of art, making and experiments. Take a look at our glue activities, and join in with the play.
