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Category: Sensory Play

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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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Neurodivergent, Sensory Play, Small World, Student Teacher, Tonies, Tonies and Yoto, Yoto
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Early Years Toy Shelfie Rotation – 20 months

16th September 2023 Lisa 1 Comment

Welcome to our toy shelfie for when my daughter Floss was 20 months old. I’ve given this post a little…

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Posted in: Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Sensory Play, Small World, Toy Shelfies

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

Phonics Phase 1 Listening Skills

7th September 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

Phonics Phases The majority of schools in the UK use schemes that follow phonics phases. This blog post will give…

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Posted in: Books and Storysacks, Phonics, Reading, Sensory Play, Student Teacher

Learning About Beautiful Butterflies – Butterfly Books, Crafts and Play

14th July 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

Little Crafters Boxes – Beautiful Butterflies Our Little Crafters Boxes Beautiful Butterfly box has just arrived and it looks ideal…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Gift Guide, Learning Through Play, Nature Play, Sensory Play

Learning About Fascinating Farms – Farming Books, Crafts and Play

10th July 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

We’re very exciting to be trialling something new. We’ve subscribed to the Little Crafters Boxes lessons and activity boxes. Floss…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Gift Guide, Learning Through Play, Nature Play, Sensory Play, Tonies, Tonies and Yoto, Yoto
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Little Hands Learning Book Subscription Box

2nd October 2021 Lisa Leave a comment

Little Hands Learning Book Box Previously, as a family, we’d have gone on holiday and enjoyed days out together during…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Gift Guide, Learning Through Play, Sensory Play

Van Gogh – Starry Night – Sunflowers

2nd December 2020 Lisa Leave a comment

This is the second artist we’ve explored, you can find our first post on Kandinsky here. This post will give…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Nature Play, Sensory Play
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The Story Orchestra – Carnival of the Animals – Book Review

9th October 2020 Lisa 2 Comments

‘The Story Orchestra – Carnival of the Animals – Spectacularly amazing. Rich in so many dimensions from the music to the illustrations, from the words to the texture of the book. A sensory delight’

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Sensory Play
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Mud Kitchens Galore – Dream Gardens for Kids

27th September 2020 Lisa Leave a comment

Mud Kitchens – Nature Play Whatever the weather, most children love being outside. There’s something so freeing about being in…

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Posted in: Learning Through Play, Nature Play, Sensory Play, Waldorf Inspired

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