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Small World Fail (Or Not?)
Hello lovelies, I have the second edition of “It’s The Little Things” for you today. My own little collection of heart melting things Luke does and how they make me feeling so squishy. In my head, I had a beautiful vision. Images of perfectly composed photographs from Pinterest filled my head. Beautiful educational “small worlds”, lovingly created by parents and child minders alike. Gleeful grins on toddlers faces as they play for hours in these little worlds, telling stories, learning, experiencing new and fun textures. Yes. I was going to make Lukeosaurus and magical small world and it was going to be amazing. Not if Luke had anything to do…
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Sensory Play: Ain’t No Party Like A Toddler Foam Party
Hello my loves! I don’t know what this stuff is actually called, but we always call it ‘having a foam party’, which often leads me to start singing modified versions of S Club 7 – although “foam party” does also lead one to think of Fresher’s week and girls ‘holidays’ in Ibiza. Awks. Luke loves foam sensory play and it’s pretty much a guaranteed half an hour of occupied toddler time, allowing me to have a cup of tea or hang the washing up. Add a few plastic toys to the mix and everything is ten million times better. We use stacking cups, scoops, bath boats (99p shop), Megabloks and…