Learning through Play

The home of easy to set up play ideas! Browse a range of activities that are simple to create and often use the stuff you already have lying around your house! These activities are all created with communication development in mind, so be sure to join in with your little one and foster some conversation.

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No rules when it comes to Creativity

No rules when it comes to Creativity

No agenda 🤌There doesn't need to be a learning agenda for our kids to be learning. If theyre playing - they're learning! We just have to embrace the mess and...
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School Holiday Activities: Invitation to play

School Holiday Activities: Invitation to play

No new toys ⬇️Kids can easily get bored with their toys because they see the same ones all the time. It’s like how we get tired of wearing the same...
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School Holiday Activities: Bounceable Bubbles

School Holiday Activities: Bounceable Bubbles

SO EASY ⬇️My kids LOVED this.All you need is:• Warm water• Sugar• Washing up liquid• Gloves• A bubble wand (or make your own from straws or pipe cleaners or string).Everyone...
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School Holiday Activities: Lemonade Stand

School Holiday Activities: Lemonade Stand

Water play wins ⬇️Sick kids? Set this up.I set up this lemonade-stand play without fail when my kids are sick because it encourages them to drink more water!! Especially if...
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Messy is Best

Messy is Best

Is messy best? ⬇️When I say 'Messy Is Best', here's what I mean.Kids can only learn new skills when they're given the opportunity to practice those skills over and over.And...
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7 Reasons to Prioritise Messy Play

7 Reasons to Prioritise Messy Play

Beyond beneficial ⬇️Delving into messy play opens up a world of learning opportunities for our little ones. Here’s why it’s so crucial:🖐️Messy play encourages problem-solving skills as children navigate different...
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Save your recycling!

Save your recycling!

Egg cartons + multiples from nature = A recipe for so many play and learning opportunities.My kids LOVE collecting conkers, acorns or stones on our walks out in nature. They're...
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POV: You're not scared of messy play...

POV: You're not scared of messy play...

Cleaning hacks ⬇️⬇️I know that SO MANY OF US are loathed to do more messy play because we already have enough on our plates as parents and we don't want...
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Triggered by Mess?

Triggered by Mess?

Try THIS ⬇️If you're triggered by messy play, you're not alone. For many of us, chaos and disorder doesn't feel good in our own nervous system. Sometimes it's just who...
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DIY Car Wash

DIY Car Wash

Who's kid would LOVE this?!Tag a friend who's kid would go wild for this sort of play set up.🚘My kids are really into car wash play at the moment.🚓They pretend...
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Embracing Messy Play Indoors

Embracing Messy Play Indoors

⚠️HOT TIP⚠️We pull out water play every day without fail. Come rain or shine. Kids love it, it keeps them occupied for ages plus I know they're learning HEAPS from...
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Water Play aways WINS!

Water Play aways WINS!

Water play always wins.It doesn’t have to be fancy. Kids love water play and there’s nothing better for these hot summer days.I’m not joking when I say I’ve set this...
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Play Ideas for around home

Play Ideas for around home

Play ideas.What I did at home all day with the (sick)2yo and the 4yo.Totally not spending hours coming up with elite play ideas - just moving the resources and getting...
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Easy Sensory Play Set-up

Easy Sensory Play Set-up

This kept them BUSY!!!!Providing hot AND cold temperatures an an extra sensory element for this water play really sparked my kids interest.I made the red water hot and the green...
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3 easy play ideas

3 easy play ideas

⬇️3 easy play ideas⬇️Sometimes us parents are just desperate for a couple of minutes to ourselves. We want our kids to play independently for a little bit but they're bored...
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Are clothes holding back your child's development?!

Are clothes holding back your child's development?!

Wet feet ✅ cold hands ✅If clothes are child sized then they're made for play. A child's only job is to play, and explore, and get messy, and discover how...
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Why our Children Thrive with Repetition

Why our Children Thrive with Repetition

You don't need new play ideas.I know. Sacrilege from an a play account. But what you're doing is enough and you probably have enough play ideas.I strive to candidly share...
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Easy Play Idea: Developing gross motor skills and hand-eye coordination

Easy Play Idea: Developing gross motor skills and hand-eye coordination

Can a 22 month old use a mallet?!Yes. Yes they can.Let's not underestimate our kids. Whatever the weather, get rugged up and give this activity a go.Smashing ice with a...
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Easy water-play idea

Easy water-play idea

Messy is best. And there’s a reason.Early childhood centres aren’t just getting kids messy for the sake of it. We know that messy, explorative play like this is fantastic for...
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Are you Triggered by Messy Play?

Are you Triggered by Messy Play?

Triggered?You're not alone. I've heard so many parents say that messy play triggers them, whether it be the worry of it getting on the furniture or the beautiful colours being...
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