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So you guys know I looove toy rotation, but I’m often asked what we do with our books. Do they get rotated too? Do they live somewhere else? 🤔
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Well my friends, we rotate them too! The kids can access all our books whenever we like but we also have a set of shelves in our living room which we rotate (usually based on our Little Play Club theme) and then we often also include books in our toy rotation shelves or for #BookishPlay throughout the week.
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When we can extend on a story with some small world play or a sensory tub, it gives our little learners another way to use the vocabulary from the book or retell familiar parts!
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Do you rotate your books or are they all our ready to be loved 24/7? Tel me below!

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If you’re an Australian teacher, keep reading!
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We all want our little learners to create their mark on this world. When we provide our children with the materials to create, we’re providing them with an opportunity to express feelings, develop fine motor skills, problem solve, and boost their self esteem and creative thinking skills.
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@fabercastellaustralia are giving one lucky classroom teacher the chance to win $2000 worth of classroom essentials just by sharing a creative activity that encourages their little learners to create their mark!
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I’ll be sharing my activity next week, but be sure to head on over to @fabercastellaustralia for all the details! If you have a teacher bestie that is passionate about nurturing creativity in the classroom, tag them below so they don’t miss this amazing opportunity! #CreateYourMark2020 #FaberCastellAustralia
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How are your mornings at the moment? If they’re a little crazy, keep reading!
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When Lilly started school last year, I set up this daily routine whiteboard for her. It gave her a visual cue for our morning routines and helped set her up for success and avoid those morning meltdowns over not wanting to brush her hair!
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A visual routine helps walk your little learners through the tricky parts of their day. When they know what to expect and what’s coming next, they’re not feeling anxious or worried. They can even begin working through their morning or evening routines totally independently! In fact Lilly was able to get ready for school every morning all by herself after a few weeks of using our daily routine cards 🙌🏻
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You can grab a copy of my daily routine cards from my store (link in my bio) ready for your little learners to start back at school in a few weeks. If you have a question about our daily routines or my printable routine pack, just pop it below and I’ll answer them all! 👇🏻 📷 @amandacampeanu

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As an early years educator and mother to three little people myself, I’m a very big advocate for Sensory Play! In fact, I’ve been working on a HUGE sensory play resource for you which I’m going to announce this week...so keep an eye out for that 🙊
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Anyway, as our little learners play, they explore the world around them and build a solid foundation of scientific understandings which will continue to grow with them through their schooling years. This is especially true for our youngest children - babies explore alllll the things with their five senses of sight, taste, touch, smell and sound.
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Today on the blog, I’m sharing FIVE super simple sensory play tubs for babies and toddlers using items you can find at the grocery store and around your home! There’s no fancy or expensive preparation needed...
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Okay so the first one is a liiiiittle bit fancy. It’s my super simple edible ocean tub using coconut and blue jelly 😍 But you’re gonna have to head to the link in my bio to find some more sensory tubs for your little learners!

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Sometimes I go all out with our sensory play. I mean, old clothes in the backyard and wash off the slime with the hose kinda sensory play.
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A few years back, I stumbled upon a magical product which created the most AMAZING slime so I used it as a base to set up this little frog pond small world.
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Thank goodness I trusted my intuition and did this one outside cause it got a little crazy 🙊 Swipe across to see toddler Lilly going ALL IN.
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Want to know more about this magical product? Head on over to my latest blog to read all the details! The link is in my bio ❤️

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Alright. I’m just going to admit it. I’m obsessed with our train table!
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Many years ago on Lilly’s first birthday, my mum @myteachingcupboard gifted Lilly her very own train table. Swipe across to see our first set up 🙊 My mum had been using train tables in her classroom for years. They were the perfect height for little ones to sit at and explore so she knew Lilly would get a lot of use out of it.
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Little did we know that five years later, we’d still be using a train table for our play every single day. It makes a beautiful discovery table for theme-based learning. We add artificial turf on top to create small worlds. We set up investigations with light panels and numbers. We add our play silks to make magical seascapes.
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This piece of furniture is easily my favourite in the entire play room. There are so many possibilities beyond a simple train area...so what do you use yours for?
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Tag a friend that needs a repurposed train table in their life 👇🏻 #TrainTableHack #KmartTrainTable

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Rainbow ribbon pull 🌈
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A super quick and easy baby play activity for you to try this week! Little baby Elliot was 6 months old when we did this activity and he loved every minute.
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As he laid under the ribbons, he worked his hand-eye coordination as he reached for and pulled the ribbons. He developed an understanding of cause and effect. Those finger muscles were strengthened as he grasped the ribbons. But most of all? He had fun and we created some beautiful memories of play together and THAT’S what it’s all about 😍
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Got a friend with a little one that might like to try this activity? Tag them below. As always, close supervision is always required whenever your baby is exploring something that isn’t meant for babies.

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What do you want to do more of in 2020?
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When I sat down to reflect on 2019 and create my vision board for 2020, I knew in my heart that I wanted to make more time for nature play. More time for adventures and memory making outside in the great outdoors. Give my little learners the childhood that I had and they’re missing.
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I’m often catching myself saying “Oh we’ll play outside more when we buy a house that has trees in the backyard. Our yard isn’t really suitable right now.” 🤦🏻‍♀️
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But that’s totally an excuse I’ve been making. This month in the Little Play Club, we have the amazing Leah from @yournaturallearner joining our members and supporting us in injecting more nature play into our days. She’s put together a very special masterclass (which is absolutely full of tips!) around the very topic of nature play which my members will be tuning into this week 🙌🏻
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This will be our year. This will be the year that we go outside more. I won’t feel pressured to set up invitations. We’ll just head outside and let the kids lead the way!
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So tell me, what do YOU want to do more of in 2020? Write it down here. Make it official. Let’s do this!

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