I once had a kinde mum tell me of how her child injured herself with a ribbon/ twirling stick. Her daughter was walking and as children often put things in their mouth, she had the end of the stick in her mouth. She fell and injured herself...
MoreThe Laminated Series: Fishing Game
I’m sure a lot of you are familiar with the fishing game. Made from paper fish with paper clips on them… to be ‘fished’ and picked up by a magnetic on the end of a fishing line. Sometimes I give the children a piece of...
MoreThe Laminated Series: Play Mats
Working in a hospital, some options of play materials are not available due to infection control. Using fabric playmats is one of them so this was my alternative. Play mats on cardboard decorated with paint and paper and laminated so they can be...
MoreAboriginal Matching Game / Memory
I made a double sided card that acts as the ‘dictionary’, including the symbols and the word for what they represent. Aboriginal Symbol cue card Aboriginal Symbols: tracks Using river pebbles I used a paint texta to draw each symbol...
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Thankyou to Aimee, Cath, Jenny, Joanna…. for these great titles for books for distraction. The list continues… <img border="0" src="https://4.bp generic...
MoreFavorite Distraction Books
Here are some of my favorite books for distraction.Please share what you would add to the list 🙂 Wacky Wednesday by Dr Seuss Imagine by Alison Lester Magnetic Funny Faces books Spot What! books Whose Poo? by Jeannette Rowe Made You Look edited by...
MoreNew Old Hospital Bed
I’m very excited and happy with my op shop find today, that I almost didn’t find! I had searched the whole shop and was at the counter to pay when I realised this dark blue blob next to the til hid something special underneath…...
MoreMulticultural Easter
Today I started displaying some of our Easter decorations. I really enjoy bringing out familiar collections year after year, and adding new items. My collection of eggs now has shell covered eggs from New Zealand, a handblown glass egg from...
MoreToy Making Workshop
Making Simple Toys Workshop Make simple Steiner/Waldorf style soft toys. In the workshop you will learn how to make a doll with a formed head and felt body, and may wish to embellish it with embroidery or beads. Once you learn these basics you...
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