I remember when my daughter got her first play kitchen. She spent hours serving me plastic food on tiny princess plates. She thought she was just having fun, but I knew her pretend play was helping her develop language and social skills. Kids learn best when they are engaged and having fun. Pretend play […]
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Fairy Soup Pretend Play
Warm weather means more time spent outdoors. With all the spring flowers popping up, and the kids still being in fairy-mode from our first Tooth Fairy visit and making new fairy houses for the year, making Fairy Soup was the perfect pretend play activity this week. I first saw the idea of […]
Pretend Play: Making Cookies
It’s been a while since we pulled out the play dough. With the super cold temperatures we’ve had, it was the perfect time to get it out for some pretend play. And what better use than to make some pretend play cookies for our Cardboard Box Sweet Shop? I pulled out the […]
Build Your Own Cardboard Castle Playhouse
Snuggled up on bean bags inside its orange and yellow walls, I fell in love with books. My kindergarten teacher had a cardboard castle set up as a reading area, and at the end of the school year, I was the lucky child that got to take that castle home. It was dragged outside on […]
Sensory Play Inspired by the Movie Frozen
Disney’s Frozen movie has become a fast favorite of many, including my very own 6 year-old. After watching her have a blast with full-body shaving cream exploration last week, the wheels started turning in my head…and this inspired by Frozen Sensory Play idea was born! (Related post: Sand Foam) Frozen Sensory Play Keeping with the Frozen theme, […]
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