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Friday’s Guest: Bernadine Murray of “Pretend and Move“ Workshop Wednesdays – At the Car Wash With such lovely weather around at the moment it is easier for us mums to venture outside, it is also easier to set up some outdoor activities. Kids love playing with water so why not create a carwash outside. You can use tubs filled with…
Posted under Cars, trucks, and trains, Play activities
Organic Play in action The Pedagogical Principle of Imitation Supporting Boys in Play Nature Tables- Inspiration for Play (Are boy themes helpful?) The (Moondew) Playspace 2010- ideas for play toys An idea for fabulous playtimes: The Rice Table
Posted under Cars, trucks, and trains, Paper
Here is the template. You need the car body, the car wheels (cut 2) and the car windows (cut 2). Plus 2 brads (pushpins), a needle or pin, a stanley knife, a glue stick, a chopping board, and of course, a straw. Firstly, glue on the windows. Then use the needle/pin to poke a hole through the centre of each…
Posted under Cars, trucks, and trains, Party
Well, if you are going to host a car party, you need cars! Small market boxes for fruit and vegetables are sturdy things and just the right size. I covered them in brown wrapping paper, and added two long ribbon strings so the children could ‘carry’ their cars as they walk. Paper plates were attached with ‘brads’ (push pins, from…
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You simply go to mum’s kitchen drawer and pull out that thing you’ve seen her use once or twice to grate cheese. And then you tell Mum not to come into the sandpit, because you really haven’t got anything from the kitchen at all. So cute, I couldn’t stop laughing! Have your children done this? Creativity at best. What did…
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My one concession to plastic toys comes in the form of 20 cent and 50 cent trucks from the op shop. We buy on the condition that we recycle other unwanted or ‘our time together is finished’ treasures back to them. It works a treat. Allowing Ned to choose his favourite is my barter for a good treasure hunting expedition (at…