1) Make your own coloured sand (play with sand toys, cars, animals and different other 

2) Make your own Bushrock sandpit. Does your sandpit need a facelift? Why not try using some natural materials such as boulders or old wood sleepers to form your borders?

3) Do a little Sand cooking with a pallet 

kitchen and kitchen items.

4) Use nature to extend play (seashells, leaves, stones)

5) Build a Sand and rock quarry

6) Add props to the sand to encourage little 

imaginations to grow.

Sand play offers many opportunities for sensory exploration and also encourages children to use their imagination and move their muscles but they can become bored with the same material offered in the same way each day. 

1) Kids whose parents talk and read to them often know more words by age 2 than children who have not been read to.

2) Your baby hears you using many different emotions and expressive sounds. This supports social and emotional development

3) It encourages your baby to look, point, touch, and answer questions. This helps with social development and thinking skills

4) Your baby improves language skills by copying sounds, recognizing pictures, and learning words

 

The most important reason to read aloud is that it makes a connection between the things your baby loves the most — your voice and closeness to you — and books.

1) Sing animal songs like "5 little monkeys jumping on the bed" (music is a great way to make kids learn)

2) Library to the rescue (use books / flash cards / picture magnets)

3) Use memory games

4) Go on a Nature Walk (a trip to the Farm or Zoo)

5) Get Creative With Food (Make animals out of food)

6) Use Other activities like drawing, colouring, and puzzling Games.

1) teach numbers,

2) repeat counting in order,

3) connect counting to nursery rhymes,

4) count different objects that a child loves.

5) make a shopping experience at the supermarket

This is one of the activities that keep my 3 year old boy busy until the end :)

Have you tried it? These colourful wooden puzzles of different shapes with alphabet and numbers are a great deal We are big fans of them!! This is a puzzle

Take a look at the Benefits of Wooden Puzzles for Children:

1)Self Correcting Learning Tool

2)Language Skills

3)Math Skills

4)Eye-Hand Coordination

5)Fine Motor Ability

6)Social Skills

7) Developing Persistence

8) Adaptable and Abstract Thinking

Here are some educational tips you can use based on the age of your child:

 

After 6 months: Point to your baby's body parts and name them. Start by pointing to your own nose and say 'nose'. Then point to your baby's nose and repeat 'nose'. Do this for a few times.

After 10 months: Show your baby picture books and point out body parts of the characters in the story. Ask questions like “where is the tail of the donkey?” or “show me the giraffe's neck”.

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1) Engage their other senses ( attention, patience etc.)

2) Raise smart kids with smart lessons (counting, fractions, practice new vocabulary etc)

3) Teach the importance of staying safe while cooking

4) Increase interest for healthy eating

5) Team work and collaboration