Letter F…. …. is for FLUFFY, FEATHERY, FURRY F…. F is also for FRUIT and FRUIT kebabs… F is for FISH… (three paper plates cut and stapled accordingly) so FUN to make… …and some FANTASTIC FISHY books… ‘Hooray for fish’ – Lucy Cousins ‘The Curious Fish’ – Elsa Beskov ‘Fish is fish’ – Leo Lionni [...]
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Letter F
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Books, Building and discovery, Letters and Numbers, Nature, Role play, Seasonal, Sensory on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Letter W!
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Books, Building and discovery, Letters and Numbers, Nature, Role play, Sensory on May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Letter W….! Is for WHALES making WAVES in WATER… It is also for whale song. And the story of ‘Jonah and the whale’ in this book. W is also for WASHING… …WEAVING… And also for WEEDING… … a good way to find WORMS… …for starting a WORMERY. W is also for WIND. After observing the [...]
Letter M !
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Books, Letters and Numbers, Sensory on April 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Letter M ! Is for the making of delicious chocolate MUFFINS… ….the tasting of MUFFINS, MANGO and MILK…. M is for MARBLE painting…. M is for a MEAL of MEATBALLS and MACARONI… M is for MOUSE….and books about MICE… ‘Whose mouse are you?’ ‘The town mouse and the country mouse’ ‘The Clever mouse’ And M [...]
Easter Memories
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Celebrations, In The Kitchen, Seasonal, Sensory on April 13, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Well, I’m giving in to the i-phone camera…for now….! A Swedish Easter starts with ‘Skärtorsdag’ – a day when Swedish children dress up as Easter witches and knock on neighbours’ doors, giving out cards and receiving sweets in return. It stems from Pagan times, and is actually a shockingly UN child friendly story (!) – [...]
Letter R !
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Awesome Alfie's Art & Stuff, Books, Building and discovery, Letters and Numbers, Marvelous Maya's Creations, Sensory, The art of media and technology on March 14, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Letter R… …is of course for RED… And RHYMES… (the kids have always loved these silly non-sensical rhyming books) And RAINBOWS… Even rainbows in our bubble station were observed… R is also for many wonderful stories. Such as RED RIDING HOOD sand RAPUNZEL. Both of which we enjoyed reading on the fabulous interactive Grimm’s apps. [...]
Letter ‘S’
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Awesome Alfie's Art & Stuff, Books, Building and discovery, Discovering Sweden, In The Kitchen, Letters and Numbers, Role play, Sensory on March 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Last week we covered letter S. S is a wonderful letter. So many things to do – we didn’t have enough time for it all…. S is for SHINY… And STICKING… S is for SNAKE… Of many different kinds… Toilet tube snakes. Play-dough snakes. Biscuit snakes. (Also good for learning repeating patterns!) S is for [...]
Beautiful Colour
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Books, Sensory on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It started with Valentines day. Alfie decided to collect all things RED. A game I would have assumed would no longer be exciting to him…. …..but how wrong I was! Here he is on the lookout for something blue… And it wasn’t long before the whole parachute was ordered with colour! It seemed that colour [...]
Hearts
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Celebrations, Seasonal, Sensory on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve had lots of visitors recently. Visitors from Norway. Visitors from England. Our house has been filled with the noise of many children. Our time has been filled with trips – museums, sledging hills, ski-ing trips, play places. But we still had a little time to celebrate Valentines day… With ice hearts… Jelly hearts… And [...]
Alfie’s Winter Wonderland!
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Awesome Alfie's Art & Stuff, Role play, Seasonal, Sensory on January 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Inspired by this winter sensory box, we wanted to make something similar. Our small oval laundry tub just didn’t grab me – we also wanted a place where the animals could hide, jump and slide. Perhaps a cave, an underground lake, a hide out? This is when a box ceases to be just a box! [...]
Indoor Snow Cakes…
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Role play, Seasonal, Sensory on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There’s not too much snow outside – but enough to bring inside and make snow cakes! Fun for everyone…. Even the baby….!
