Play and Learn Every Day

Let's Rock Elmo

10:46

Today Ethan received a late Christmas present, Let's Rock Elmo! It's so cute and he absolutely loves it!

Ethan was happily tapping away on Elmo's drums to the music and even repeated 'la la la' into the microphone when I handed it to him. A great toy to help with Ethan's Creative Development as he sings and dances along with Elmo.

15 months old

Cooking Play

10:44

As we're back from holiday now and it is still January I'm trying to get back into healthy eating and cooking. What better way than to have Ethan help me in the kitchen by doing his own cooking!

Ethan loves playing with his pots and pans, putting in the pretend food and stirring it around. He's always watching me prepare his meals in the kitchen, so I use the same language whilst we play with his cooking toys to help with his Knowledge and Understanding of the World by making a connection between his play and preparing real meals.

15 months old

Driving Cars

10:47

Today we went to a play group and Ethan sat in the car for almost the entire time! He absolutely loves it!

It was actually really great, because he was so shy he took ages to move away from me, I think being away for so long made him a bit unsure of being back at play group. Once he found the car he was happy to sit and play with the steering wheel whilst watching all of the other children play around him, improving his Personal, Social and Emotional Development.

15 months old

Discovering all the toys!

10:42

After coming back from holiday Ethan was very excited to be reunited with his toys. We just had a day of getting over our jet lag whilst pulling everything out of all of the boxes, remembering how things work and having lots of fun. Watching Ethan rediscover his toys was like watching a reunion, an interesting exercise for his Personal, Social and Emotional Development as you could almost see the cogs turn in his head as he remembered all the toys he had left behind.

15 months old

Foam Play

19:23

Today we had our last day of fun water play in the sunshine. We filled a washing up bowl with soapy water to wash the tea set and to play with the foam!

Ethan loved exploring the foam, throwing it around, using the brush to scrub the tea cups and getting foam all over the place! We talked about washing up and how Mommy does the dishes in the kitchen at home, a great activity for his Knowledge and Understanding of the World in 2 ways, exploring the foam with his senses as well as connecting his activity to an everyday activity with a purpose.

15 months old

Collecting Treasures at the Beach

19:22

Today we had another wonderful day at the beach, armed with our bucket and spades. Ethan found all sorts of things in the sand, and we decided it would be fun to collect all of these treasures in his bucket.

We walked around picking up shells, rocks and sticks and put them into the bucket. We then put some water into the bucket to rinse the sand off of our treasures. Ethan was fascinated with this process, and with putting his treasures in and out of the bucket of water. He discovered so many things on the beach today, developing his Knowledge and Understanding of the World and having so much fun!

15 months old

Surprise Ice Cubes

19:21

Today's activity took a little bit of preparation, but it was absolutely worth it to have these surprise ice cubes!

What you'll need:

yoghurt pots or other small containers
small toys to fit inside
water
a freezer

I found some yoghurt pots yesterday and searched all around our toy boxes for some little toys that fit inside. Then I filled them with water and put them in the freezer overnight. Then today we had some lovely surprise ice cubes to play with!

It was really interesting to watch Ethan play with them, he really wasn't sure at first because the ice was so cold. It's funny how something so simple like an ice cube is such a mystery to a toddler, he expanded his Knowledge and Understanding of the World by exploring the ice cube and watching it melt in the heat to then discover the toys inside.

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