If you’re stuck for something to do at home with your little one, look no further than a humble batch of homemade play dough! Homemade play dough is one of our all time favourite things to make together at home because there is just as much benefit to making play dough as there is in playing with it too!
If you currently struggle to get your child to play independently, then you might need to take a look at the toys you have on offer in the play space
I believe that we spend far too much time getting hung up on the idea of ‘entertaining’ our children. There’s an awful lot of pressure on parents to provide 24/7 entertainment for their children. In reality, planned activities should only be done once or twice at the most each day.
The constant round of lockdowns across the world has more parents than ever working from home. The extra challenge right now, of course is working from home with very young children at home too. There’s no denying that this is a hard task, but it’s also not an impossible one.
The early days and months with baby are HARD. You’re tired and your bub will probably sleep a lot but almost definitely not at night. The midwives and healthcare visitors will encourage you to do ‘tummy time’ but that’s sometimes easier said than done.
The highchair can be a great place for busy toddlers to focus on an activity. I’ve asked some of my favourite bloggers from around the globe to contribute to this post on their favourite highchair activities for toddlers, so please read on for some fantastic ideas…
Toddlers are typically able to concentrate for 2-5 minutes per year of age and so creating elaborate play activities for them really doesn’t make a heap of sense. Aim to create activities that take 5 minutes or less to put together.
Name recognition is one of the fundamental lessons of preschool. On a practical level it can help your child to become independent and, as we all know, children just love to do things all by themselves.
One of the questions I get asked the most over on Instagram relates to toy rotations, play spaces and organisation, so I thought I’d collate all of my answers here in this article.
Home is where the heart is – the cliché saying that can be found on cushions and tea towels may sound a little throwaway, but the truth is this: home really is where the heart is – but sometimes you need to work hard to create a space that you actually love.
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