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Top Tips for Toy Rotation: How to Create and Ideas

24th June 2024 Lisa 6 Comments

Why Rotate Toys? Toy rotation helps promote more thoughtful, purposeful play. It’s also very helpful in keeping your home less…

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Posted in: Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Nature Play, Sensory Play, Small World, Toy Shelfies
Shelfie - Theme - Sealife - Ocean - Seas - Animals - Turtles - Whales - Sharks - Fish - Matching - Communication and Language - Fine Motor Skills - Puzzles - Games - Toddler ideas - Preschooler - Books - Small World

Ocean Theme Play: Toy Shelfie Rotation Ideas and Resources

19th June 2024 Lisa

Early Years Toy Shelfie Rotation This blog post will give you ocean themed play ideas and resources from a toy…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Exploring Nature with Children, Learning Through Play, Nature Play, Sensory Play, Small World, Toy Shelfies
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Water Play Ideas and Activities – Tray Play and More – Dream Gardens for Kids

18th May 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

Garden Update The weather in the UK is so unpredictable. One minute gloriuos sunshine and then back to rain! Not…

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Posted in: Exploring Nature with Children, Learning Through Play, Nature Play, Sensory Play, Small World
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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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People Who Help Us – Early Years Play

25th January 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

People Who Help Us People who help us is such a fun theme in the early years. It’s also an…

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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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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
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Story Book and Small World Play Toy Shelfie

24th August 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

Toy and Books Shelfie A little update to this post (August 2023 – Floss is now six). I’ve updated the…

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Home of the Wild – Louise Greig and Júlia Moscardó – Floris Books

2nd April 2021 Lisa Leave a comment

Home of the Wild Home of the Wild from Floris Books published in 2021. Floris kindly sent me this copy…

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Children’s Book Play – Animal Board Books

17th February 2021 Lisa Leave a comment

Sharing a Book Some children love nothing more than spending hours being read to, snuggled up together. Others can be…

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