Posted in Arts and Crafts, Building and discovery, Role play on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We used half a cardboard milk carton for a house and a stable, and yoghurt pots to represent teepees, and after painting them brown, we stuck on windows on the house and stable, and dried grass heads on the teepees.
We set out a dark green towel, some broken pieces of an old brown sponge for [...]
Posted in Arts and Crafts, In The Kitchen, Role play, Sensory on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And here is the recipe…
1/2 cup chocolate powder
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tablespoon cream of tartar
1 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 cup hot water
1/2 cup salt
And mix it up until you have a good dough. It lets off a beautiful smell of chocolate – and no doubt gets a lick here or there too!
We had a couple [...]
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Role play, Sensory on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I bought these robots years ago for Leon, and found them at the back of a cupboard. Alfie enjoyed matching their arms, legs and head, and sticking them into the playdough!
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Nature, Role play, Sensory on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is another excellent toy that we bought in California. It is a kind of magic sand which moulds in the most amazing manner – and never gets wet!
Maya and Alfie played with the sand together with some animals for most of the day. Alfie was most interested in collecting the crocodiles and getting them [...]
Posted in Role play on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Role play on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night’s trip to Bauhaus was not in vain. Maya wanted to make a house for ‘Brown Baby’ (her doll) out of boxes, and that has been her project of the day!
The house is made out of two big cardboard boxes, taped one on top of the other. We cut out one side for stairs, [...]
Posted in Building and discovery, Journeys and Trips, Role play on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend we went to see the BBC stage production of ‘Walking with Dinosaurs‘. It was totally fantastic! What would be termed ‘life size’ robotic models of dinosaurs on the stage, some wonderful plant and volcano effects, and an excellent ’story teller’ (albeit in Swedish!) who steers away from the ‘fear factor’ and concentrates on [...]
Posted in Role play on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Role play on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today Maya and Alfie went off in their caravan on a camping trip.
They took with them a box of food …
Packed all their belongings into the back of the caravan …
Drove off in the caravan ….
Slept in their tent …
Cooked some food ….
And went on a bear hunt!
