Outdoor play – Naturally
By Amy Cummins Learning to catch cockabullies or eels, climbing on rocks, climbing our first tree, hiding in the hay shed, sliding on roasting pans…
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Looking for Treasure: How Heuristic Play will Benefit your Child
By Hannah Schenker Picture this: your child is surrounded by many colourful, loud, moving toys – toys that you as parents, and your well-meaning…
Creative Kids: Indoor Play
By Catherine Hume Last month I encouraged you to wrap up warm and have adventures with your children outdoors in the winter weather. This…
Outdoor Learning Spaces…At Home!
By Lisa Cheaney-Hogan Playrooms, bedrooms, family rooms, living rooms and dens are all great solutions for when it comes to toy storage and play…
It’s in the Bag: Educational Fun With Your Little Ones
By Hannah Schenker Playtime is so important for children – it is how they learn as they interact with the world around them. The…
Celebrating your child’s birthday with minimal waste
Whilst we all love celebrating our children’s birthdays, those parties can bring with them a lot of stress. There are the obvious forms of…
Finding the beauty in everyday: Easter with the kids
By Charlotte Cretney When I started writing my blog for this month I had so many exciting ideas for Easter and Autumn and had…
Energetic Kids lead to Kiwiplay business
Kiwiplay was first established in Hamilton in 2013. It is about supplying high quality natural based products to encourage children to play outside and…
Inspiring the Next Generation: The Montessori Shop
By Hannah Schenker The Montessori Method is a philosophy that respects the individuality of each child. It is founded on the belief that children…
Minnow Designs: solving a very antipodean problem
By Hannah Schenker We spoke to Lorraine and Stacey, founders of Minnow Designs, to find out a little more about their busy little business….
Why are we so attached to our things? A TED-ed video
By Hannah Schenker We have all seen our toddlers clutching with a death-grip onto their favourite toy/bike/book rather than share it with another –…
Summer cycling tips for parents
Submitted by Marilyn Northcote Summer break is a great time to get on your bike and enjoy some family time outside. Cycling is an…
Help! What do I do with the Kids Today? Fun Days Out with the Small Ones
Cycling Babies Nothing says freedom like jumping on your bike and cycling off into the sunset. But with the arrival of your firstborn, life…
The Magic of Make-Believe: Toys and Activities that Bolster Your Child’s Imagination
Creative Play As that never ending pile of toys grows and shelf space becomes ever-more precious, consider this: a simple cardboard box would take…
How To Create A Delightful Children’s Party
Call me fuddy duddy, call me square. But every time I pick my daughter up from a ‘children’s party’ only to find a gang…
Heuristic Play
Despite the dozens of toys my wee man has, from the moment he could crawl, his favourite things to play with were the vacuum…