June 2011
6 posts
junk as loose materials for play →
What do you do with the spare bits and pieces of toys that you inevitably accumulate?
The lego piece that doesn’t fit, the cracked plastic block, stray nuts and bolts?
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It's Playtime - fun with mud →
Wow, there were over 100 ideas for playful learning on It’s Playtime last week - a big thank you to everyone for joining in and helping to create an amazing play resource of ideas for…
mud pie kitchen roundup →
Simple Whimsy
I could hardly let a post on digging patches go by without a salute to mud pie kitchens, or outdoor play kitchens now could I? Mud Pie Kitchens are…
10 good reasons why teachers should blog →
I’m Jenny. I’m a teacher. I blog.
I started blogging because I was frustrated by talk of introducing more formalised learning programs into preschool. Everything tells us that children…
it's playtime - trucks and rocks →
Welcome to It’s Playtime - a community of play and share your ideas for playful learning and find inspiration from around the blogosphere.
New to It’s Playtime? Full instructions on how…
worlds of imagination - resources for imaginative... →
There was high excitement when my package arrived from the talented Worlds of Imagination - home of gorgeous hand-made resources for children’s imaginative play.
I tore it open and looked…
