Today Maya made a city for some small coloured counting bears (who have always been very popular!). She built some houses for the bears, and a “city wall”, a shop, a play park and swimming pool, a “wishing well”, a forest where a dangerous fox (orange brick) lived, and a bus stop with both a [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Bears & Bricks
Posted in Building and discovery, Role play on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Conkers
Posted in Nature, Seasonal on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have a great big conker tree down our road, so when we were out walking today, we decided to take advantage of it!
As you can see from the above picture – Maya has gloves on her – the weather has turned cold!
Playdough
Posted in Arts and Crafts, In The Kitchen on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alfie really loves to play with play dough, but as our normal shop bought stuff was all dried out, I made some of our own – with added cinnamon and ginger for a special scent!
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 tbs veg oil
1 tbs cream of tartar
1 tbs water
Food colouring & scent if wished
Mix it all, [...]
When all else fails…
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Everyday things.. on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think of us as a (fairly) harmonious family, with (fairly) harmonious children, but sometimes, just occasionally of course (!), all hell breaks loose. And on those days it’s always good to have something cheap and cheerful hidden in the cupboard…
I found these fruit ‘n veg shaped beads in a local toy shop, and thought [...]
Transistor Radio
Posted in Building and discovery on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leon was given a crystal radio kit for his birthday, and tonight Richard, Leon and Maya made it together. The enthusiasm spread and Richard got out his old radio from when he was a child. The kids thought this was great – especially when he tuned in to some people speaking english – “mummy come [...]
Chairs
Posted in Role play on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chairs are useful for many things in our house, and often a “koja” (den) is one of these things. This time however, Maya decided she wanted to make a tunnel with the chairs. Alfie wanted to join in, but found it too difficult to crawl through the “tunnel”. So we suggested that he used it [...]
Tin Pot Drumming
Posted in Everyday things.. on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mushroom Party
Posted in Celebrations, In The Kitchen on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week Leon took it upon himself to start inviting his friends to a “svamp kalas” (mushroom party), at 11am the next day. Imagine my surprise, when I had to explain to one mother that, actually there was no party, and it was just one of Leon’s eccentric ideas!
Eccentric idea or not, after seeing his [...]
Friday Mornings
Posted in Everyday things.. on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday morning is very nice. It is the only day where, apart from picking up Leon from school, we have nothing to do for the rest of the day (apart from sometimes a friend to play with). It always feels very relaxing, and like an extra bit to the weekend!
For the last two weeks I [...]
Look mummy!
Posted in Everyday things.., Nature on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“… the snail is drawing!”
Maya observes a snail making it’s trail on a piece of paper!
