Character have new Peppa Pig toy Playsets with figures and themes instantly recognized from the TV show. The construction sets are beneficial for dexterity, hand-eye coordination and imagination/creativity. Aimed at those ages 3 plus, there is Peppa Pig Playground Swing Construction Set (RRP £9.99); Peppa Pig Playground Slide Construction Set (RRP £9.99) and the Peppa … Read more
Our son needs to be able to recognise his name so I’ve been doing activities with him to help. It was only at Christmas time that he was able to tell us he knew his name. He’s awaiting a full assessment for Sensory Processing Disorder but I think it’s a given he has it. He … Read more
I wanted a simple activity that would help my youngest develop. So I decided to focus on helping him to learn the colour red. This for me was an obvious choice with Valentine’s coming up. He also used drawing and glueing skills. These can then be used on a Valentine’s card – or make a … Read more
Well I thought it time we started to think about Christmas. I like to get the children excited in the build up to Christmas by doing some Christmas craft in the weeks leading up to it. We have previously made Sheep which could be part of the nativity story. This week we made Angels. See … Read more
We are currently on half term and what better way to pass the time than doing a bit of Halloween craft by making Pumpkin Plates. This simple activity involves just paper plates, crayon and orange plate (green feathers/or green paint optional) Simply draw your pumpkin face or pattern onto the paper plate with a black … Read more
It occurred to me recently that there a lot of great dinosaur blog posts out there and what I needed was to pin some together. Therefore, I created a Dinosaur pinboard on Pinterest. If you wish your post to be pinned then please link it up in the comments box below. I found this great dinosaur craft … Read more
As part of our letter learning journey the letter P covered so many things so we covered quiet a bit as we packed and moved house. P covers Pinterest and this is where I found this delightful idea of a Paint Pirate handprint originally from Fun Hand Print Art We painted it all on our hand and then … Read more
These yummy Owl Biscuit Bags were made as a Thank you and Goodbye Present for the Staff at Playgroup but am sure could be adapted for many an occasion. This also coincided with our Letter Learning Journey – and covered N, O & P (numbers, owl and present). For the biscuits we used the same … Read more
So after seeing Choice chambers on Science Sparks (here) I was really keen to do them with my son – so decided that L could be for Lice. It actually turns out that if you Google lice (as I did to be sure of how many legs to give them) that it turns out lice … Read more
There are so many wonderful letter K words I could do this letter for forever. So this K is for Kids because I think they’ve had so much fun with it. My youngest just LOVES painting – so any excuse. I wanted to show him how the paint didn’t stay on the crayon – but … Read more