Category: Play Ideas
Montessori Minutes: Maximum Effort
Maximum effort, a phrase coined by Montessori, may be something you haven’t heard of before. But we’re pretty sure that you have witnessed it in action! Maximum effort is at play when your toddler rearranges heavy furniture around the house or insists on carrying that disproportionately large shopping bag on your walk back from the supermarket. But why is it important in toddler’s development? And how can we support this important need? Join our Montessori Moment series as we look behind the idea!
Love Letter To Birds: Celebrating Gregorjevo
When it comes to celebrating nature and the seasons, there is no sweeter and more Slovene holiday than Gregorjevo. Learn about its origins, traditions – and have a sneak peek what surprise we have prepared for you with our favourite local toymaker for this occasion! We also collected a few ideas to make your very own traditions with children for this special day!
Play Like the Romans Did: Terni Lapilli
Looking for a game idea? Play like the ancient Romans did! Try Terni Lapilli, using our free printable board and some colourful Grapat mandalas from your toy basket!
5 Play Ideas with Grapat Insects
Grapat means a “handful” in Catalan – and these insects are a handful of cuteness, indeed! Just like any other Grapat toys, they come without instructions how to play. It is up to the imagination of the child: just like with stones, sticks or pinecones, she will find hundreds of ways incorporating them into her magical world of play! And while they are beautiful open-ended materials, we still collected a couple of simple play ideas for you! No, not as a manual, rather to give you a glimpse how versatile these toys can be even beyond imaginative play. And who knows, maybe to inspire you to come up with your own ideas?
Moments of Art: Painting with Water
MOMENTS OF ART: PAINTING WITH WATER
Do you know one of those Buddha boards that is trending right now in the world as a meditative art tool? It is really lovely: you paint with a wet brush on the surface of the board, and as water slowly evaporates, it leaves you again with a blank slate, inviting you to create a new masterpiece. It almost has a therapeutic effect on people: watching something transforming into nothing is a really powerful experience. It teaches us to live and enjoy the moment, focus on the process of doing things and letting them go, whether with their mistakes or unrepeatable perfection. read more
Sunshine Playdough
SUNSHINE PLAYDOUGH
(with recipe)
August is all about the frolicking dance of water and sun. Our play is always inspired by nature, and this month it is this glistening blue and yellow that, almost instinctively reflect in our toy shelf, nature table or even arts and crafts!
One of the activities we have been enjoying for some days now, in order to survive the height of the heat during the day, is playing with some home made play dough. And of course, it has called for the golden colour, too – on my son’s special request, because he came up with the idea to recreate nothing less, but the Sun!
When we run out of ready-made play dough, we always whip up a batch at home – and it is something so easy to do, that I though I would also share it with you. It is ready in the blink of an eye, it’s as natural as it can be, and stays fresh for a long time in a sealed container! read more
