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The garden provides lots of opportunities for learning and crafting – from creating seed bombs to measuring weather as well…
Easy, fun, simple and great for preschoolers! These ideas, activities and crafts help them play, learn, create and have fun doing so.
The garden provides lots of opportunities for learning and crafting – from creating seed bombs to measuring weather as well…
DIY maths manipulatives are one of my favourites. We’ve used sticks before to order and sort but for this week’s…
Singing is a fantastic way to spend time together with young children and also a great method of helping them…
Making sure that children have a good sounding in maths is essential. Without the basics they will struggle later on…
Weather is one of my favourite early years topics – it’s something that you can include in the curriculum any time…
One of my favorite Polar Animals are Penguins – there is just something about these cute little non-flying birds that…
For the last 4 years, I have heard over and over again how my eldest struggles with writing, particularly handwriting…
Although the Nutcracker can be a beautiful book the combination of music, dancing and scenary really bring it to life for…
I love spiders – there I said it. If I had my way I would have a pet one, but…
Don’t you just love summer? The sand, the warmth and the lullabies of the birds at night? Summer is one…
Today’s activity goes with the book Caterpillars, Bugs and Butterflies: Take-Along Guide. Since we have some bug lovers at our…
My daughter has one colour that is her uttermost favourite in the world – Pink and discovering Pinkalicious by Victoria…
My second grader has been learning more about multiplication and division. As I was helping him one night, I was…
Call me a lightweight (I know I am) but I simply can’t handle several of Leo Lionni’s books. They are…
As we started to prepare for June’s Virtual Book Club for Kids book the Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister where…
Over the last 5 years, I have worked closely with the fabulous Kim and Amanda from The Educators’ Spin On…
Let’s go fly a kite, up to the highest height and send it soaring…. Summer is looking to be on…
If there is a topic that my kids love its dinosaurs – from creating our own dinosaur feet to making…
Have you noticed how many outdoor posts we have on Rainy Day Mum – although somehow I have become known…
If you looked at our house at the moment you couldn’t miss that it was Spring – there is a…
Maths seems to be getting the better of my eldest at the moment, he’s got so many different methods and…
We love fairy tales here, they are always a favourite when we bring them out for a bedtime story or…
Last week I talked about after-schooling and ways in which we can help support our children’s teachers at home. Simple…
It wasn’t until around 8 year ago that I had any idea of who Dr Seuss was, it wasn’t an…