EZ Kids Paddleboard Review and Tips and Advice for Paddleboarding with Kids
Are your kids interested in getting started with Stand Up Paddleboarding? Have you tried it and want to get the…
Outdoor Activities for Kids
Summer Outdoor Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Summer is finally here and it’s time to enjoy the sunshine, warmth and outdoor spaces. These simple outdoor ideas and…
Fun Outdoor Winter Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
It’s cold outdoors on winter days but that doesn’t mean that you have to stay inside with your toddlers and…
Orienteering With Kids
When it comes to outdoor activities with kids one of our favourites now that the kids are a little older…
Outdoor Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers in Autumn
The seasons are changing and summer is letting go as autumn or fall arrives. The days are getting shorter and…
Top Tips for Blackberry Picking with Toddler and Preschoolers
Does it seem that the Blackberry picking season is getting earlier and earlier each year? It was one of my…
Coloured Bubbles Recipe for Art and Fun with Toddlers and Preschoolers
Did you know that you can make coloured bubbles? No, they won’t be bright red as they float through the…
Top Tips for Visiting the Farm with Toddlers
The farm is one of our favourite themes for our tots is the Farm we love reading, singing, playing and…
Fun Rainy Day Activities for Kids
There is nothing worse than the constant “I’m bored” coming from the kids and yes boredom is great but if…
How to Play Pooh Sticks
There seems to be a bit of a theme this week and we’re fascinated by sticks, we’ve ordered and sorted…
Go Wild this Summer as a Family
With the heat on this week in the UK and the summer shining my thoughts turn to summer and our…
Let’s Go Fly a Kite
Let’s go fly a kite, up to the highest height and send it soaring…. Summer is looking to be on…
50 Ideas for a Natural Childhood
Have you noticed how many outdoor posts we have on Rainy Day Mum – although somehow I have become known…
Strandline Exploration
As a parent I know that many of the learning experiences that I can provide my kids with won’t happen…
A Messy Adventure – Interactive Roald Dahl Fun
If you know me in real life you will know that I really don’t like getting messy in my house,…
Math Manipulatives – Sticks, ordering, sorting and estimation
One of the joys of learning is that although there are many resources that you can buy from companies around…
Chalk Letter Phonic Activity
If you have a child in preschool or in the first year of school (reception or kinder) you will probably…
Squirrel Activity when they visit the garden
Squirrel Activity for kids for when you spot them in the garden Last week we investigated Hibernating Animals when we…
Exploring outdoors – Snails
With all of the wet weather in the UK recently we have taken the opportunity to look for some snails….
Exploring outdoors – shop imaginative play
We’re taking some of our play outside this week for our exploring outdoors post and playing shops. It’s been a…
Exploring The Frog Life Cycle with Toddlers and Preschoolers
Yes we’re back with the frogs again – seeing frogs in situ in a pond, lake or stream is a…
Exploring Outdoors – Frog hunting
We’re back out in our garden this week for our Exploring outdoors post and venturing beyond our safety gate to…
Lady Bugs
This weeks explore outdoors is not exactly what I had planned – I couldn’t have predicted that in February we…
Fence Painting
A great summer activity that involves very little planning and is great for getting those muscles working and ready for…