Invitation to play school age

With Valentine's day just around the corner the Book Robot in Love written by by T.L. McBeth is a great book to read followed by a STEM Invitation with Loose Parts. The heartwarming story is about a robot who creates gifts for another robot that he falls in love with. After reading the story, you can integrate the literacy experience with a STEM invitation to build a Robot with Picasso Tiles and Loose Parts. You will need the PicassoTiles® 100 Piece Set Magnet Building Tiles.PicassoTiles®…

Why Morning Invitations? I started them because my children are early risers and I am sooo not a morning person. Morning invitations allowed us to: Start our morning slowly Start our morning quietly-ish Start our morning creatively (and often bookishly) What is a Morning Invitation So this slow, quiet, creative, bookish morning sounds nice, but […]

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…

I’ve got some quick and easy activities to help calm your morning routine with just five minutes of prep so you can include them in your Breakfast Invitations!

Setting up invitations to play doesn't need to be complicated, time consuming or use expensive resources. Find out how to create your own using simple materials and the reason why we use invitations for early learning. Includes a huge photo gallery of real ideas from educators.

Are you following us on Pinterest? Here is a fun construction building invitation to play that I set out to occupy my toddler (currently aged 2.5). The main components for this easy set-up activity are simply playdough and blocks. Making the playdough a grey colour to simulate concrete and providing a couple of little construction tools all added to the scene but aren't necessary to still have a fun and creative activity for kids of all ages. My kids loved this little bricklaying activity…

Autumn is the perfect time for invitation to play because there are endless possibilities of materials to present your children.

This Army Men Invitation to Play is a great creative activity for boys who love history. It is easy to make with cloud dough and assortment of toy figures.

Community helpers invitation to play is a fun open ended activity for preschoolers to explore and create. #preschool #kindergarten #finemotor #invitationtoplay #sensory

Make a gorgeous DIY mini roads set for encouraging fine and gross motor development, building shapes, letters of the alphabet and hours of imaginative play on the go too! Perfect as an easy homemade gift idea, and even more brilliant when paired with a vehicle related story book. Let’s make a DIY mini roads set!...Read More »