Tag: learning through playing
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Review: Settling down for bedtime with The Rug Bear (children’s picture book)
If you go down in the woods today,you’re sure of a big surprise… We love having a teddy bear’s picnic. It’s something I’ve loved doing with Little Man since he was a toddler. We’d get out the tea set, invite our favourite stuffies along for tea, read a book and have some good ‘mum & […]
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Educational games for kids: Clothespin Drop!
Sometimes it can be difficult to find educational activities for children that are both fun and engaging. Sometimes your child will just want to play, not learn and play at the same time. However an online website called Education.com offers a wide range of learning resources for children from preschool to primary school age. They offer […]
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Gender Labelling: “Purple is for girls”… why hearing this really rattles my cages
I don’t usually write posts like this and usually leave the serious stuff to the better writes but I just wanted to share some of my thoughts and opinions on gender labelling. Last week LO and his cousin Lils were playing with the Paw Patrol puzzle my friend Coco got LO for Chirstmas. The next […]
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Learning Through Play Is A Wonderous Thing!
It’s simply fascinating how quickly children learn new things! LO is 19m and is already starting to know his colours, alphabet letters, numbers and shapes. He can’t put together a full sentence but if he knows what the thing is he’ll say it, he will point to the tiny plane in the sky among the […]
The Wandering Mother 