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Toddler Playtime

Craft ideas for toddlers

Craft Ideas for Toddlers

Looking for some ideas for craft activities to do with your toddler? We have suggestions that will keep your little munchkin busy for hours.

Why Ball Play for Children of All Ages is Important

Why Ball Play for Children of All Ages is Important

Our Early Childhood Educator, Jan Jones, explains why ball play is such an important part of a child’s development.

Gardening With Kids

Gardening With Kids this Spring: Get Outside!

Spring is almost upon us and that means warmer weather and great conditions for gardening. Gardening 4 kids have shared some fun and practical ideas to get the kids outdoors and active in the garden this spring.

play around Sydneys Kmart play tray

The Kmart item serving up sensory play fun!

As mums we’re often looking for the best for our kids and how to keep them busy. We want them to learn while they play not just sit there smashing …

Toddler Activities Melbourne

The Best Toddler Activities in Melbourne

There’s only so much you can do with your toddlers at home, but if you want to get out of the house with your wee ones, you’re in luck. Melbourne …

Slime recipe

The best safe alternative slime recipes

Let’s talk about SLIME (and the best alternative slime recipes that will be safe for your whole family!) Slime is the current sensory play trend filling our screens and making …

Kmart cubby hack

This Kmart Cubby House is the talk of the town

The Kmart kid’s cubby house for only $199 is the bargain of the century and parents all over the country are getting creative with how they can tizzy them up …

Best Sunshine Coast play parks

The Sunshine Coast was made for kids! Here is our pick of the best Sunshine Coast play parks hidden amongst the beauty of the Sunshine Coast.

Develop Toddler Fine Motor Skills

5 Simple Activities to help develop toddler fine motor skills. These cheap and simple activities will help your child to develop their skills

5 Things Your Child Develops During Creative Play

What your child develops during creative play. Your child will be developing emotions, developing language skills, developing gross and fine skills during creative play

Best Group Activities for Baby to Toddler

Best Group Activities For Babies and Toddlers – Some great ideas to entertain and nurture your children including playgroup, gym, rhyme time and more

toddlers-bullying

Playground Bullying Advice for Mums

Q&A: What do other parents do in these scenarios? Do you approach the parent or carer of the child?

softest playdough recipe

Softest Play Dough Recipe

We decided to make this easy and quick recipe (from Kids Activities Blog) and filled in some of a wet, cold day!

geocaching

Geocaching – A Treasure Hunt with Kids

Do you have active kids? Are you always looking for new ways to entertain them? Would you like to go on an adventure that is a tonne of fun for adults as well as the little ones? I’ve got one word for you… “Geocaching”!

An Invitation to Explore & Learn: Learning Through Play!

Play comes naturally to most children. They love to explore, poke at things and move them about in ways that they’re probably not designed to be moved. In doing all of these things that we often look at as ‘messy’ or ‘destructive’, our children are exploring and learning. They are learning in the most valuable way – through play!

Water play

Kids love the water, and there are so many ways to incorporate it into playtime. With summer on the way, Jan Jones shares a number of water activities that we can use with our 0-6 year olds that are fun and will keep them entertained for hours.

Best Play Space Ideas for Babies and Toddlers

Babies inhabit the floor – and it is a very different world to what we are used to. Jan Jones, our early childhood expert, challenges us to get down and see things from our baby’s perspective and provides a range of activities to allow us to play at their level.

Early Childhood Tips: Block Play

Block play can do more than simply entertain your toddler. Our early childhood expert, Jan Jones, explains how it can help with their development, and the best ways to implement it.

Which apps for kids? Our Mums Tell!

Q&A: Which apps do you recommend for kids?

Play and Leisure Resources for your Baby

Jan Jones provides an extensive list of play and leisure activities to stimulate particular areas of learning from birth right up until 12 years old.

Toys

General playtime ideas

Q&A: Hi I was just wanting to know if anyone has any cheap fun, educational, fast ideas I can do with my 15mth old. As I’ve got an 8 week old also n I don’t get a lot of time spare but I don’t want her left out either.

Kids Chasing Bubbles at a Family Picnic

Free Activities

Suggestions for free activities to do with your kids.

indoor activities

Indoor Activities

Indoor play activity suggestions from other parents:

edible playdough

Edible playdough recipe

This is good for younger children, just in case they eat it. Regular playdough contains LOTS of salt. Note that salt is a preservative, so this will not keep as long. It should still last a week or more in an air tight container in the fridge. See the microwave option for a less messy pot.

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