Invitation to play

Are you following us on Pinterest? Welcome to this week's TUESDAY TOTS. Brought to you by Learn with Play at home (that's us), Rainy Day Mum, and One Perfect Day This Week: Learn with Play at home is showcasing 8 Invitations to Play for toddlers (many suitable for babies too) These great posts all came from last weeks Tuesday Tots linkup where we featured 10 Quiet Activities for Kids What is an Invitation to Play? One of the easiest ways to keep your toddler busy and learning is with a great…

To simplify… invitations to play are really just a collection of materials (or props if that helps you to visualise) set up together with some thought and creativity behind the process. The aim is as the name suggests…to invite children to explore, investigate, create PLAY. They might be set up with intent of children exploring and understanding basic learning concepts or they might be set up with no specific learning outcome in mind. They might encourage further exploration of a current…

This Foil Painting activity literally took me less than a couple of minutes to prep, requires a couple of plain old craft supplies + foil and you’ve got an activity that is unique to toddlers, engaging, fun! Plus they’re developing and improving so many important skills like fine motor, hand-eye coordination and of course CREATIVITY! #foilpainting #creativeplay

Set up a cardboard cookie shop for your little ones to enjoy. It will give them hours of fun pretending, creating, and learning.

Jungle Play Dough - an easy invitation to play which also makes a fabulous gift!

20+ Playdough Invitations to Play - Stay At Home Educator - playdough is a kid's best friend. Learn how to make the best playdough recipe without cream of tartar, then use it to create a playdough invitation to play. Playdough can also be the base of small world play, and has so many sensory play benefits. What can you do with playdough? Doo you have the right playdough recipe? This playdough recipe is no-cook and can be used for literally any playdough activity for preschoolers and…

Chalk and water. What else could you dip chalk in? Milk? Liquid Starch?

Have you ever spent hours preparing a beautiful invitation to play only for your child to play for approximately 6.35 seconds? Maybe you’ve spent a small fortune on beautiful open-ended toys for your child to show absolutely no interest. Or maybe you keep finding your toddler playing in the dogs water bowl or throwing their […]

Create your own individual duck ponds with this play dough invitation.

Learn how to set up your own invitation to play using printable activities and loose parts! you'll love these tips and resources for setting up these lovely invitations in your own early childhood program.