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Spring Art and Craft Ideas - Sunflower - painting - collage - fine motor skills - fine motor control - creative play - messy play - waldorf inspired - learning through play - spring play - toddler ideas - get crafty - craft therapy

Sunflower Crafts – Spring & Summer Creative Play Ideas

3rd June 2024 Lisa 1 Comment

Nature Intertwined with Art Nature and art are so closely intertwined and as human beings we can often feel an…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Exploring Nature with Children, Learning Through Play, Macrame, Nature Play, Sensory Play, Waldorf Inspired Filed under: fine motor skills, mark making
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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Dream Gardens for Kids in the Early Years – Garden Wish List

11th April 2018 Lisa Leave a comment

Dream Garden Update Our daughter is now seven and lots of things on our wish list in this blog post…

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Adventures in colour - testing

Crayons Crayons Crayons

5th April 2018 Lisa

There are just tons to choose from, so many brands, colours, styles and materials. Lots of crayons are not suitable…

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Posted in: Learning Through Play Filed under: mark making

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