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Category: Art and Crafts

Garden of Our Dreams - Mark Making Matters - Fine motor skills - messy play - outdoors - gardening - mud kitchen - ealry years- writing

Mark Making Matters – Dream Gardens for Kids

29th March 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

What is mark making? Mark making is one of the precursors to learning to write, to express yourself through drawing…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Learning Through Play, Nature Play Filed under: fine motor skills, mark making
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Grow Tall Sid! by Debra Wellington – Life Cycle of a Sunflower

28th March 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

We adored Debra Wellington’s first book – The Animal Says… (check out my review here) so I was delighted when…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Nature Play
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Nature Explorer – Nesting Birds

14th March 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

Birds Starting to gather resources together for Nesting Birds week with Exploring Nature with Children curriculum in a couple of weeks.…

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Perfect, Creative Gifts for Creative People and Those Who Need to Reignite their Spark

6th March 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

The Perfect Creative Gift Several years ago my Dad gave me £50 for my birthday with the strict instruction that…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Gift Guide, Iris Folding Papercraft, Macrame
Story Sack for the Snail and The Whale with rice, playdough, decorated chalk houses, and whale and snail Holztoger figures

Story Sacks – Ideas and Play

6th January 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

Story Sacks We love story sacks! Books really come alive for little ones when you have story props. They help…

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Fine Motor Skills Development through Toys and Activities

15th September 2023 Lisa 1 Comment

Fine motor skills are a crucial component of a child’s overall development. They play a fundamental role in a child’s…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Learning Through Play, Sensory Play

The Spoonie Life of Bookworms #004

9th September 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

Welcome to the slow, gentle spoonie life of chronically ill bookworms. It’s been Floss’s first week back at school and…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Book Bands, Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Meet the Mum Behind the Maker, Phonics, Reading, Spoonie Life of Bookworms, Tonies, Tonies and Yoto
Meet the Mum Behind the Maker - Our Story Stones Rock - story stones - imaginative play - communication - language - story telling - story props

Meet the Mum Behind the Maker – Mel from My Story Stones Rock

8th September 2023 Lisa 12 Comments

I’m thrilled to be sharing this fabulous mini series with you. Each blog post in ‘Meet the Mum Behind the…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Meet the Mum Behind the Maker

The Spoonie Life of Bookworms #003

1st September 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

Welcome to the slow, gentle spoonie life of chronically ill bookworms. It’s been a rather spoon lacking week this week!…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Spoonie Life of Bookworms

The Spoonie Life of Bookworms #002

25th August 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

Welcome to the slow, gentle spoonie life of chronically ill bookworms. Here you’ll find out all about our week. What…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Spoonie Life of Bookworms

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