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Mike the Knight simple imaginative play

As a child one of my memories of playing with my brother was re-enacting our favourite TV shows and movies – we would be He-Man and She-ra (yes I’m showing my age) or our garden was turned into the death star and Star Wars was played out in full. We’re just entering that phase with J and T and I love how it captures their imagination. One of their favourite shows (there are a lot of favourite shows) is Mike The Knight.

Mike the Knight

With the recent launch of Mike The Knight: Knight in Training we’re having fun with simple props to create some playful fun at home. This was more instigated by the children after watching the show than by myself and sees a turning point in a lot of play that we have at home.

Mike the Knight is a young knight in training protecting his kingdom of Glendragon in the absence of his father who is off fighting the war. Joined by his younger sister Evie (a magician in training), his 2 dragon friends and his trusty horse.

Improvising a horse during play from a simple broom/mop J and T love galloping around playing at being Mike and Evie – they create extra props from our junk box – a cardboard tube quickly becomes a magic wand or Mike The Knight’s Sword. Spending hours running around the garden hiding from the Vikings and sneaking pies from the shops in the village (better known as the playhouse).

knight shield

We still have our shields that we made back in the Autumn although our helmet has now gone.

Activities for young tots that are based around knights, castles and dragons from Rainy Day Mum

If you like Mike the Knight then check out these ideas for Knights Castles and Dragons which I featured on Tuesday Tots back in the Spring perfect to compliment Mike the Knight and so at home.

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Cerys Parker

Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, teacher, mum, and home educator from the UK. She loves getting creative, whether it is with simple and easy crafts and ideas, activities to make learning fun, or delicious recipes that you and your kids can cook together you'll find them all shared here on Rainy Day Mum.

4 Comments

  1. I am very happy to see this article, kids are innocent people, they don’t know anything. They used to play the games with the different things, painting is the most favorite thing for them.

  2. Arianna Pierce says:

    Hi there! I had a question for you and was wondering if you could email me back to discuss?

    Thanks and have a great day!

    Arianna

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