After months of struggling with my mental health, our learning spaces were a mess. This long weekend my friends and I decided to tackle it as a team (child-free)! How blessed am I to have the support and love?! We put on some music and worked our magic together getting things just so. (Note: for those […]
Using Books to Enhance Materials | Day 18 – 30DaysTYP
contains affiliate links Books have the ability to transform play into a rich educational experience. If you’re anything like me, you have tons of lovely books but many get overlooked for bedtime story favourites and are only brought out if we deliberately seek out something we don’t know amidst our play. Thankfully, in the past […]
Selecting Materials | Day 10 – 30DaysTYP
Welcome to Day 10 in the 30 Days to Transform Your Play series with myself and An Everyday Story! Today we are discussing the selection of materials. This includes toys, play materials, art materials and books. I completely agree with Kate that the materials and toys that we give our children is a reflection of how […]
Constructing | Day 9 – 30DaysTYP
contains affiliate links Welcome to day 9 in the 30 Days to Transform Your Play series. Today we are discussing construction and its ability to make learning visible. I have wrote about construction previously. Constructing and engineering with various manipulatives opens up the world to a child and enables them to create visual representations of […]
Exploring Playdough | Day 7 – 30 Days TYP
contains affiliate links Welcome to Day 7 of 30 Days to Transform Your Play! After a weekend of reflecting, purging and resetting, we have a lovely new creative space. More spaces are coming and I’m deep into observing Cameron and Lucy’s play. Are you ready for this week? I let you know what you need […]