A collection of simple activities to lead your child into their own unique world of creativity and deep imaginative play.
Once upon a time two little foxes were playing in the forest on a cloudy and kind of grey looking day. The foxes were having obstacle course races running across the field, jumping over logs, climbing over rocks and diving under branches as fast as they could. At first they couldn’t go very fast but … Read more
We are going to learn to weave on a loom together! When I was a little girl in about grade 3 I went to a summer camp where a woman with very long hair and beautiful earrings taught us how to weave with beads on a loom. I had never seen a loom of any … Read more
Now that you have made your bee let’s fly them around the yard together. Make sure your stick has lots of room. Let’s see what your bee finds to sniff and smell. You will need: Bee on a stick & string 3 cups or containers short fat stick for squishing 5 senses scavenger hunt Once … Read more
Now that you have gotten to know your backyard really really well I wonder if you could make a map of it? We might use these maps later to hide some treasure so feel free to make lots of maps and try again if you don’t like it. I’ve probably drawn hundreds of maps in … Read more
This week we are going to make a bumble bee together. When you are done making your bee we will take it on a journey through your backyard and see what interesting things she finds there. You may have seen a few bumble bees already this year, maybe you thought they looked very big! The … Read more
A few weeks ago you might remember I warned you that I was going to suggest your children camp in your backyard. It’s finally here. May Long Weekend. While some of you might have been watching the weather and decided last weekend was gorgeous and planned a camping trip (we spent most of last weekend … Read more
This week we will look at the many flowers blooming in our community. I couldn’t possibly include them all so I’ve gathered some of the most common and marked those which we can pick and those which are best left in place. You will need: Flower hunt list A container for flowers When you’ve gathered … Read more
You will need: sand shells pebbles a tiny bit of blue paint characters Watch Miss Krystal tell this story in her play seascape.
You will need: Broomstick Chairs Clothes pegs Rubber Bands
There are A LOT of nature Bingo cards on the internet. Like a lot. But none of them are really very pretty, or seasonal or are things you can collect, which is pretty much the most fun part about scavenger hunts! So I had my lovely talented daughter make us a beautiful spring nature bingo … Read more