A pretend play or role-play or dramatic play is a fun way to run your kid’s imagination wild. A kid recreates a scene and pretends or enacts that role in the scene. Pretend play helps a toddler or a child to explore their thoughts and feelings by playing a character. Nathan loves role play and […]
How to set up Pretend Play Dentist?
A pretend to play or role-play or dramatic play is a fun way to run your kid’s imagination wild. A kid recreates a scene and pretends or enacts that role in the scene. Pretend play helps a toddler or a child to explore their thoughts and feelings by playing a character. Nathan loves role play […]
The Best Sensory Bin ideas for kids
A sensory bin is something that’s popping up over the whole social media from time to time and sometimes they can be overwhelming with so many options. I have jotted down a few ideas where you can set up a simple sensory bin from your pantry. What’s a sensory bin? A sensory bin is a […]
How to make Homemade Playdough?
Playdough is a versatile thing that you can make using the ingredients from your pantry. They pave the way for more imagination and every kid would love to squish them. Nathan loves playdough from a very young age and loves to play with them. The store-bought one has loaded with chemicals and costs a bomb. […]
How to make Homemade Cooked Playdough?
Playdough is a versatile thing that you can make using the ingredients from your pantry. They pave the way for more imagination and even a year kid would love to squish them. Nathan loves playdough from quite a young, he watches us making chapati and he wanted to eat them. I wanted to make it […]
REVIEW: Journey To Constellation Station by Lindsay C Barry
BOOK NAME: JOURNEY TO CONSTELLATION STATION AUTHOR: LINDSAY C BARRY ILLUSTRATOR: JAMIN HOYLE PUBLISHER: CITY DIFFERENT BOOKS PAGES: 50 AGE RECOMMENDED: 5+ This book was gifted to me by the author for an honest review. All words and opinions are honest and are my own. Ever wanted to travel to space on a train? Now […]
How to make edible sand?
A year back when Nathan just turned 2, we experienced the worst summer, also there was a severe water shortage and we were finding ways to entertain him. Randomly I ground a pack of old biscuit packs and set up a quick sensory bin and later got to know when they were called edible sand. […]
How to make Humpty Dumpty craft/ Dinosaur Egg Craft Using Band aid?
A simple craft we did when he was very fond of dinosaurs. Anything and everything he recollects it with a dinosaur. So a simple fine motor activity using a band-aid. Why peeling a sticker is important? Sticker peeling develops different skills in kids. Accidentally, a toddler learns many new pre-writing skills while doing a simple […]
How to make dried grain sticking craft?
This texture-based inexpensive craft was done by Nathan when he was around two years old. I drew the bird on the paper and applied glue to each side. Slowly he started sticking grain to the glued parts and a beautiful collage is ready for a toddler. A very simple activity to do with younger […]
REVIEW: Gajapati Kulapati GURRBURRRROOOM! By Ashok Rajagopalan
BOOK NAME: GAJAPATI KULAPATI GURRBURRRROOOM! AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: ASHOK RAJAGOPALAN PAGES: 20 PUBLISHER: TULIKA AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ Gajapathi Kulapathi is a very big, huggable elephant and every kid’s favourite character. There are three different stories about the kind elephant and the author did a beautiful job with the story. Also heard from the author fourth […]