New to Its Playtime? You can find out more about our playful learning link up by clicking here. Playful Picks: Water, water everywhere! Is there a play material around that is more versat...
Mrs Kureshi, my high school physics teacher, would be very pleased to note that one of her least successful students was teaching physics to preschoolers. Recently our children have been learning abo...
Raise the curtains and dim the lights - its showtime! Creativity, imagination, story telling, literacy, drawing on past experiences, sharing, turn taking, expressing ideas, listening - and lots of la...
The things they leave behind on the craft table: If this made you smile, you might also like: Little Gifts More Little Gifts
New to Its Playtime? You can find out more about our playful learning link up by clicking here. Playful Picks: We all know how crazy it can get when the kids are couped up inside in rainy weath...
New to Its Playtime? You can find out more about our playful learning link up by clicking here. Playful Picks: This week I couldnt go past this spectacular and colourful ball run from Learning ...
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Introducing Play Outside! Im excited to announce that there is a new kid on the Let the Children Play block. Play Outside! is an ever growing searchable database of ideas, tips and tools for ou...
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Does this sound familiar? I receive many emails for advice like this one from teachers who are feeling the pressure to justify their play-based outdoor programs to parents, administrators or colleagu...
New to Its Playtime? You can find out more about our playful learning link up by clicking here. Playful Picks: School holidays are here, and what better time to head outside and play! Walnut Ac...
The materials you add to the block corner can take play off into new and different directions. For the past two weeks, the simple additions of material scraps and dolls house furniture have le...
Disturbingly, a new study has found that almost half of preschool age children dont play outside each day. Furthermore, the children in the study were found to be sedentary 80% of the time they...
What happens when you put the call out to your lovely Facebook readers to share their blogs? You get 40 new blogs to read through, thats what! Think Magnet - laughing and learning through teach...
Its school holidays. The boys are home, and this morning they are bored. Or so they keep telling me. Over and over and over again. As I contemplate possibly leaving home, I remember...
It seems that creating small worlds of imagination never looses popularity amongst the children. Throw in the added attraction of teeny tiny things that kids just love to handle - small smooth p...
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New to Its Playtime? You can find out more about our playful learning link up by clicking here. Playful Picks:First cab off the rank this week comes from Simple and Joyful, who shows us how to ...
Got a mosquito net handy? They are a simple way to create temporary and inviting child-sized spaces both indoors and out: For more ideas, have a look here: ::: A new year is about to begin from...
What are your favorite outdoor memories from childhood? Ask an adult of our generation this question, and their is a good chance that their reply will include making cubbies, shelters, fo...
Yes, I can see that they are having fun playing. I notice that there doesnt seem to be much structure to your program. I cant see evidence that you sit down and teach them their letters a...
Were going on a bush walk. Were going on a big one. Were not scared. What a beautiful day. Uh oh, mud. Thick, squelchy mud. Cant go over it. Cant go under it. ...
I dont know about you, but sometimes I forget that the preparation before an experience and the clean-up afterwards can be just as valuable learning opportunities as the experience itself. Im an impa...
Playful Picks:Growing a Jeweled Rose shows us that you dont need a whole lot of space to create a mud pie kitchen: For the Children shared this fab idea for nature backpacks for young children: Meet ...
When we opened the door and stepped outside this week we discovered trees as tall as the sky, with secret child-sized cubby spaces: We discovered that the world looks very different up on top of the ...
Natural materials: shells, seeds, nuts and pebbles. Add playdough and a childs imagination, experimentation and creativity. Result: masterpiece. Natural materials can be used in all areas...
Harvest. Wash and scrub. Chop. Share.
Did I tell you how unseasonably wet it has been in Sydney this summer? After weeks and weeks of rain our outdoor play space resembled a swamp. Of course, this bothered the adults more tha...
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