NATIONAL STORYTELLING WEEK

This week is National Story Telling week and today is World Read Aloud day. In our home, reading and telling a story goes beyond words on a page. We like to bring our books to life through bookish play / book inspired activities. There are so many ways you can tell a story. You don’t…

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

On Saturday, we thought we would add a bit more colour back into our play. I quickly set up this bird themed sensory puzzle hunt in our IKEA flisat table I used feathers and hide the puzzle pieces inside. We then stacked our Lanka Kade bird figures and matched them to some flashcards. We paired…

Review: Lady P’s First Day

“Sometimes learning starts in one place and ends in another” We learn new things every single day. Even more so, our children take in new information with everything they do, see and hear. Children’s wonders and curiosities about the world lead them to explore and learn new things, all the time. This sometimes means that…

5 Top Lift-the-Flap Books

Reading to your children is very beneficial. Books where children can also interact makes reading a fun and special time together. Lift-the-flap books encourage reading, which can lead to a happy healthy habit, that hopefully continues as they grow older. These books can also help their fine motor skills as they can learn to turn…