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Invitation to Play: Playdough Creatures
This invitation to play was for my youngest, as his big brother is out sleeping over at a friends.We made playdough – which ended up a funny grey-blue colour because J wanted to add red, yellow and...
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Invitation to Create: Stained Glass Effect Picture
I’m creating an invitation to play for my children every day this week. Yesterday, I put out A3 paper and coloured sharpies and invited my children to fill the whole page with colour to create a...
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Invitation to Create: Magic Wands
Our 4th invitation to play this week was this invitation to make magic wands, inspired by Playful Learning, with sticks we had collected. We used paint, ribbon, tinsel and decorative tape to decorate...
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Invitation to Create: Finger Knitting
Finger knitting was my final invitation to play during our week of school holidays. Strictly speaking, I’m not sure it was an “invitation to play”. I didn’t put out materials and wait to see what...
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51 Ways to be Creative
write a list of 50 ways to use {object/item of your choice} find a quote or piece of poetry and art journal it illustrate a recipecreate art using a pad of post-its and a pen make prints using food...
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Then & Now: April 2009 & April 2013
ThenI was home with these two boys and thinking about entertaining a toddler withsensory tables, and toy animalsand ways to play with a 6 month old baby.NowI’ve got one boy at school full-time, one at...
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Ways to be Creative: 25/51 Make a Book Spine Poem
Book spine poems are very popular at the moment. I first came across the idea on Brain Pickings. This one on the meaning of life is my favourite. I found it surprisingly hard to make my own book...
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Playdough for a Sick Day
I use eucalyptus oil around my home for all sorts of things likeadding to the wash with my son’s sheets to reduce dust mite allergens (because he has a dust mite allergy)getting sticky residue –...
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Ways to Be Creative: 14/51 Decorate Your Mirrors with Whiteboard Markers
Decorating my mirrors was a lot of fun. I knew as soon as I came across the idea of decorating your mirrors with whiteboard markers on uncustomary’s list of ways to be creative (#90 – she recently...
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weekend reading: 9/6/2013
A recent creative table inspired by discussion at the Creative Kids G+ group.Here’s a handful of links that have inspired me this week5 lessons to learn from Minecraft in education (found via...
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Ways to Be Creative: 7/51 Make a Zentangle
What is a Zentangle?“Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.” from ZentangleYou fill the various spaces of your paper with a...
View ArticleA Snapshot of Me: Creating a Visual Resume
I have decided to participate in #clmooc– a Connected Learning Massive Open Online Collaboration. Make cycle 1 involves creating an introduction for yourself. Following #clmooc on G+, many people...
View ArticlePlaying with Potions
Mixing things with water to make potions of various sorts is a winning activity with most children.Some basic potion making supplies you might want to make available to your children are:baking...
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Hacking the Chatterbox
The second make with me exploration in #clmooc is a toy hack. What is a hack? That’s a good question and I think it is a word still in the process of definition but it involves taking something and...
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Ways to Be Creative: 33/51 Draw a Tree of Life
This item on my list of ways to be creative came from this blog post about creating a tree of life with children at Playful Learning. I enjoy memory keeping, family history and making timelines of...
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Anyone up for a Creative Kids Challenge?
Are you an adult interested in inspiring children to be creative? There is a place for you to connect with other like-minded adults on G+ – the Creative Kids community. Are you an adult interested in...
View ArticleWhat I Believe About Learning
I believe that everyone is capable of learning and wants to learn.I believe that the deepest learning happens through play (even for adults). Play is the step in learning that takes you from a basic...
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NT Adventures: Litchfield National Park
We went out camping to Litchfield National Park during the school holidays. Litchfield National Park is 130 kilometres southwest of Darwin near the town of Batchelor. The main feature of the park are...
View ArticleFor the dinosaur lover in your life ...
Youtube is a fabulous place to find little videos to inspire learning. This one is for little dinosaur lovers wondering "What does a paleontologist really do?"
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What does a balanced technology user look like?
Image Source: James JordanWith 2 sons, who very much enjoy using the iPad, Xbox, TV and any other sort of digital technology, I often wonder about what makes a balanced technology user. How do I help...
View ArticleCoding in Preschool
At the end of 2015 my preschool classes participated in the Hour of Code. This event was facilitated by another teacher at my school. We did this coding session on ipads as we do not have desktop...
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snippets14/2/2016 - introducing ipad use to children
Apps, articles, thoughts about digital technologies and education ...I introduced the ipads to my preschool classes using the app Plic, Ploc, Wiz. This is a simple app for arranging shapes to...
View ArticleInvestigate: Eggs
Resources and ideas for extending children's interests or understanding of eggs and animals that lay eggsVideo of a chicken hatching from an egg.You can follow this up with acting out the lifecycle of...
View ArticleInvestigate: Oceans
Resources and ideas for extending children's interest in sea animals or oceans.Video: Underwater Opera - SafeShare.TV
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App Review: Toca Tea Party
Toca Tea PartyBy:Toca BocaRecommended Age: 5 and under I think it's best for: 3 to 4 year oldsPrice: A$4.99In App purchases or Ads: noToca Tea Party allows children to host a tea party on their...
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