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Editorial: 10 educational toys every childminder should have.

November 3, 2015 by

When working with kids, it’s essential to keep them stimulated and entertained, which is where high-quality learning toys from companies like Hope Education come in. Games, jigsaws, building blocks and other activities that encourage learning are a must-have for any playroom, so here are ten educational toys every childminder should have. Animal puzzles The great […]

Filed Under: Toddler Play Tagged With: #toddlerplay, play time, toys, traditional toys

Flitting like a butterfly.

April 17, 2015 by

One of the problems with being a bit of a ‘plant’ (opposite of completer finisher as opposed to ‘a bit of a vegetable’) is that the internet ends up littered with bright ideas you didn’t finish but that you really should have. One of these is MuddlePuddle which was my first ever site and was […]

Filed Under: Benedict, Home Education, Toddler Play Tagged With: #toddlerplay, early years, Home Education, learning, preschool, shapes, toddlers

The Gallery: Yellow

November 14, 2014 by

We went to the library, to see the lady read the books – and she read some books about Spot. Oh Spot… you and I have been friends a long, long time now. And afterwards, they do drawing.   And he picked up the yellow pen and, with great deliberation, drew a yellow circle. And […]

Filed Under: Benedict, Drawing, Toddler Play Tagged With: #thegallery, toddler play, yellow

Sponsored Video: Stand Up For Good Snacks

September 23, 2014 by

The endless shame of toddler parenting for me is, yet again, how far I fail in the food department. 5th time round, I still have a child who has hit age 2 with the palate of an adult and then suddenly regressed until nothing but white processed bread will do. Natural weaning, home made or […]

Filed Under: Toddler Play Tagged With: childhood, difficult eaters, ella's kitchen, food for toddlers, pciky eaters, snacks for toddlers., stand up for good snacks, toddler food, toddlers

Too tight to try a tuff spot.

September 9, 2014 by

This is what happens when you are doing toddlers for the 5th time. The girls would have got a tuff spot. Bene gets a cat litter tray and a bag of soup beans. I really wanted to be be good at toddler stuff this time round. I was going to be all messy play and […]

Filed Under: Being a Parent, Benedict, Toddler Play Tagged With: easy toddler activity, messy play, not got a tuff spot

Jigsaw Boy

May 1, 2014 by

I forget to post about Bene and how he’s growing up. He’s the centre of the universe here, doted on by all of us, never unattended, never alone or left to his own devices. He’s fitted right in like the last piece of the jigsaw. But I’ve not remembered to keep a tally of what […]

Filed Under: Benedict, Toddler Play

I'm glad I spent it with you.

March 13, 2014 by

Today was a ‘motherhood’ day. Ups and downs. Growling as I stomped around the house looking for a very lost kindle which eventually turned out to be hidden (in a very toddler manner) behind the radiator that is behind the sofa, growling more as I encountered the bedrooms of my daughters. That’s life. Mess, missing […]

Filed Under: Being a Parent, Benedict, Family Life, Photos, Toddler Play Tagged With: housework, me time, motherhood, parenting, toddlers

Lax Toddler Parenting #10: Speech Apathy

March 9, 2014 by

This is how I like my children… In the garden, being noisy, having fun, not connected to app or screen or anything much. It seems a pretty perfect way to be. Bene, like his biggest sister was, is in his element when he’s being physically boisterous. He’s all about body at the moment, has been […]

Filed Under: Being a Parent, Benedict, Family Life, Toddler Play Tagged With: aspergers, cleft lip and palate, hypermobility, late talkers, speech delay, speech therapy

It's Hama Time!

January 30, 2014 by

I didn’t know he knew about these smaller ones and certainly I didn’t think he knew where they were kept. But today he got them out for himself and for a blissful few moments, he was totally absorbed. Shortly after that, he discovered the joy of sprinkling them everywhere 🙄 I’m not getting much crafting […]

Filed Under: Benedict, Toddler Play

Lax Toddler Parenting #9: Domestic Servitude.

January 20, 2014 by

Do you remember that phrase? The one Badman, Balls, Brown and the NSPCC tried to use to describe the poor home ed kids stuck at home, forced to do menial chores and tasks while their lucky school friends had a meaningful, perfect education in school? Look at this poor toddler, forced to clean his daddy’s […]

Filed Under: Benedict, Toddler Play Tagged With: Montessori, practical life skills, real life play, toddler play, toddlers doing houswork

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