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When Lilly started school, I felt like I’d lost

When Lilly started school, I felt like I’d lost her a little. I was so worried that those all important first years at home had come and gone and I had to somehow get used to not having her close by.

When I became a mum, I knew I wanted to be at home fulltime. I wanted to be a mum from the day I realised you could be a mum 😂 so I really wanted to soak up those years before I ‘lost’ our kids to school....and I used play as a way to connect and make those beautiful memories.

You see this is really the heart of why I do what I do. We all know play is important - we know it’s how children learn best. We know it’s how they make sense of the world. We know it’s how they build and grow a whole variety of important skills they’ll take with them into adulthood. And we know that child-directed play is oh-so-important.

But for me, play is the driving force for the connection we facilitate (and cherish!!) so much in our family. I love preparing invitations for our kids and preparing our play spaces in a way that facilitates loads of child-directed play too.

And it’s for this very reason that I developed my FREE play challenge that I’ll be hosting next week. And by the way, don’t forget to register using the link in my bio because you definitely do not want to miss what I have planned! 🙊

I wanted to be able to support other parents who might be feeling a little overwhelmed by all the ideas and give them some quick steps to get them back on track. To help them follow their child’s interests, create simple playful invitations using things around the house and get them confident about their ability to be a playful parent too.

So if that sounds like something you’d like to be a part of 🙋🏻‍♀️ go pop your name and email into that registration form in my bio @littlelifelonglearners and come create some magical memories with us next week!

Never under estimate the power of a simple sensory

Never under estimate the power of a simple sensory tub 🙊 Whenever I want a quick and easy play activity, you can guarantee I’m gonna grab a sensory base, some utensils and some containers of some description!

I’ve found that our little people really love to scoop and pour. They’re obsessed with the movement of the sensory bases and love to fill and empty containers. These explorations all form the basis for a pretty solid mathematical understanding of capacity and volume #LearningThroughPlay

So what are my favourite sensory bases? Pasta, rice, sand, water, corn kernels, chickpeas, split peas, bird seed, dirt, aquarium pebbles, white beans, black beans, cloud dough, kinetic sand, polenta, pom poms....the list goes on! If you can scoop it, you can add it to a tub! Tell me your favourite sensory bases below - let’s make an epic list!

Next week I’ll be kicking off a FREE play challenge with hundreds of playful parents like you and we’ll be chatting more about simple play invitations like these that you can add to your playtime toolkit. I can’t WAIT!! But to join in on the fun in our pop-up Facebook group, you’ve gotta register for free by following the link in my bio 🥰

Join me as I prep a simple sensory tub for the kid

Join me as I prep a simple sensory tub for the kids!. Instagram post 17879911748189429

Hey playful parents! 🌈 Are you ready to transfo

Hey playful parents! 🌈 Are you ready to transform the way you think about playtime? I’m hosting a FREE 5 day Back to Basics Playful Challenge and I’d love for YOU to come and join us! ✨

If you’d like to know the secret to creating a successful invitation to play which isn’t going to take forever to prepare or require you to stock up on all the latest and greatest toys...well you’re gonna want to join us!

Over the 5 days, I’ll share some of my juiciest play secrets with you and help you to see the play potential surrounding you every single day. There’s bonus printables and did I mention prizes?! Because there’s 5 of those up for grabs too!! It’s time to get back to basics!

Come join the fun by clicking the link in my bio 🥰

Congratulations @shambambi - you’re our winner!

Congratulations @shambambi - you’re our winner! 🎉 WIN a wooden horse stable as seen in Little Lifelong Learners play room✩ Valued at $130 + postage!!

_______________________________________________
HOW TO ENTER:

1️⃣ Like this post

2️⃣ Follow both @growing.kind and @littlelifelonglearners

3️⃣ Tell us your child’s favourite toy
One comment= one entry

For two bonus entries share this image to your stories tagging @growing.kind and @littlelifelonglearners and use the save feature
_______________________________________________

Giveaway begins now and ends April 22nd 8pm AEST. The winner will be chosen randomly and have 24 hours to claim their prize. If the winner does not claim their prize in the allocated timeframe, a new winner will be chosen randomly. This giveaway is not affiliated, endorsed, sponsored or associated with Instagram. Entrants must be 18+ years of age. Please note: winners outside of Australia are responsible for shipping of prize. Free shipping in Australia only.
Giveaway is open to entrants worldwide.

When our eldest was a toddler, I tried to fix our

When our eldest was a toddler, I tried to fix our ‘toddler boredom’ by buying her new toys all the time.

I’d head to Target and stroll the aisles looking for the next popular toy hoping that it would capture her interests and keep her playing for more than a few minutes.

You see, at that stage of my parenting (and play!) journey, I hadn’t realised how capable my toddler was at finding her own fun without me needing to entertain her all day.

But as time went on and we had more babies, I also discovered what play really meant. And more often than not, it didn’t really have much to do with me at all. In fact you can swipe through this post to see some of Lilly’s playful moments in those early years that I completely overlooked as real playful moments.

Over the years, I’ve come to the conclusion that play can both be child-led and adult facilitated. Neither is wrong - both are beautiful in their own right. For me, I adore using play as a way to connect with our children. There’s nothing I love more than providing my community with simple ways to inject more play into their days!

Next week I’ll be sharing how you can join us for another FREE play challenge and I can’t wait to connect with more playful parents with the same play values as myself! It’s going to be such a fun week!

Are you keen to join in the fun? Keep an eye out for my announcement early next week!

Raise your hand if you’ve ever wondered why ALL

Raise your hand if you’ve ever wondered why ALL the other kids will play for longer than YOUR child ever could?! 🙋🏻‍♀️

Little learners have THE shortest attention span and anything that captures their attention beyond these times is basically as magical as a unicorn 🦄

But seriously, expecting our little learners to focus on something for extended periods of time isn’t actually developmentally appropriate. Our little people were made to move and wriggle and explore and did I mention move? 😜

But here’s a little tip that will lengthen the time your child WILL play for. Are you ready? Follow the child! Let them take the lead and find their own fun. Don’t feel like you have to come up with grand ideas all the time or prepare invitations or constantly entertain. Take a few steps back and see what they come up with all by themselves. They might just surprise you! We’re going to dive into this more during our FREE playful challenge in a few weeks so keep your eyes peeled for that announcement!

Tap the save flag under this image so that next time you consider an invitation or play activity a *fail* you can come back to this chart and check to see whether you might just be expecting too much of your little person. KISS - keep it simple silly! 🥰

GIVEAWAY CLOSED - Congratulations @rachael_dear 🎉 Ready for your little learners to safely learn AND enjoy music and audiobooks independently?!

We are SO excited to announce that we’ve partnered with @birde.co to bring you an AMAZING giveaway where one lucky winner will receive their very own Birde player!

As you know, we’ve been loving our Birde player. It’s been a wonderful way for our little learners to find moments in their day to calm their busy bodies and enjoy their favourite music and stories without any screen time.

So how do you get your name in the running to win your very own Birde? Simply follow these instructions! 👇🏻

1. Follow @birde.co and @littlelifelonglearners
2. Tag a friend in the comments that might like to enter too. Each comment equals another entry so feel free to tag multiple friends in multiple comments!

It’s THAT easy! We’ll be drawing a winner at 8pm AEST on Thursday the 15th of April so be sure to enter before then! ✨

If you’re ready to grab a Birde player right now, you can use the code CASEY15 over at @birde.co to save 15% on your player.

Giveaway is in no way sponsored or endorsed by Instagram. All entrants must be aged 18 years or older to enter. Open to Australian residents only 🌏 Good luck!!

When Lilly started school, I felt like I’d lost

When Lilly started school, I felt like I’d lost her a little. I was so worried that those all important first years at home had come and gone and I had to somehow get used to not having her close by.

When I became a mum, I knew I wanted to be at home fulltime. I wanted to be a mum from the day I realised you could be a mum 😂 so I really wanted to soak up those years before I ‘lost’ our kids to school....and I used play as a way to connect and make those beautiful memories.

You see this is really the heart of why I do what I do. We all know play is important - we know it’s how children learn best. We know it’s how they make sense of the world. We know it’s how they build and grow a whole variety of important skills they’ll take with them into adulthood. And we know that child-directed play is oh-so-important.

But for me, play is the driving force for the connection we facilitate (and cherish!!) so much in our family. I love preparing invitations for our kids and preparing our play spaces in a way that facilitates loads of child-directed play too.

And it’s for this very reason that I developed my FREE play challenge that I’ll be hosting next week. And by the way, don’t forget to register using the link in my bio because you definitely do not want to miss what I have planned! 🙊

I wanted to be able to support other parents who might be feeling a little overwhelmed by all the ideas and give them some quick steps to get them back on track. To help them follow their child’s interests, create simple playful invitations using things around the house and get them confident about their ability to be a playful parent too.

So if that sounds like something you’d like to be a part of 🙋🏻‍♀️ go pop your name and email into that registration form in my bio @littlelifelonglearners and come create some magical memories with us next week!

Never under estimate the power of a simple sensory

Never under estimate the power of a simple sensory tub 🙊 Whenever I want a quick and easy play activity, you can guarantee I’m gonna grab a sensory base, some utensils and some containers of some description!

I’ve found that our little people really love to scoop and pour. They’re obsessed with the movement of the sensory bases and love to fill and empty containers. These explorations all form the basis for a pretty solid mathematical understanding of capacity and volume #LearningThroughPlay

So what are my favourite sensory bases? Pasta, rice, sand, water, corn kernels, chickpeas, split peas, bird seed, dirt, aquarium pebbles, white beans, black beans, cloud dough, kinetic sand, polenta, pom poms....the list goes on! If you can scoop it, you can add it to a tub! Tell me your favourite sensory bases below - let’s make an epic list!

Next week I’ll be kicking off a FREE play challenge with hundreds of playful parents like you and we’ll be chatting more about simple play invitations like these that you can add to your playtime toolkit. I can’t WAIT!! But to join in on the fun in our pop-up Facebook group, you’ve gotta register for free by following the link in my bio 🥰

Join me as I prep a simple sensory tub for the kid

Join me as I prep a simple sensory tub for the kids!. Instagram post 17879911748189429

Hey playful parents! 🌈 Are you ready to transfo

Hey playful parents! 🌈 Are you ready to transform the way you think about playtime? I’m hosting a FREE 5 day Back to Basics Playful Challenge and I’d love for YOU to come and join us! ✨

If you’d like to know the secret to creating a successful invitation to play which isn’t going to take forever to prepare or require you to stock up on all the latest and greatest toys...well you’re gonna want to join us!

Over the 5 days, I’ll share some of my juiciest play secrets with you and help you to see the play potential surrounding you every single day. There’s bonus printables and did I mention prizes?! Because there’s 5 of those up for grabs too!! It’s time to get back to basics!

Come join the fun by clicking the link in my bio 🥰

Congratulations @shambambi - you’re our winner!

Congratulations @shambambi - you’re our winner! 🎉 WIN a wooden horse stable as seen in Little Lifelong Learners play room✩ Valued at $130 + postage!!

_______________________________________________
HOW TO ENTER:

1️⃣ Like this post

2️⃣ Follow both @growing.kind and @littlelifelonglearners

3️⃣ Tell us your child’s favourite toy
One comment= one entry

For two bonus entries share this image to your stories tagging @growing.kind and @littlelifelonglearners and use the save feature
_______________________________________________

Giveaway begins now and ends April 22nd 8pm AEST. The winner will be chosen randomly and have 24 hours to claim their prize. If the winner does not claim their prize in the allocated timeframe, a new winner will be chosen randomly. This giveaway is not affiliated, endorsed, sponsored or associated with Instagram. Entrants must be 18+ years of age. Please note: winners outside of Australia are responsible for shipping of prize. Free shipping in Australia only.
Giveaway is open to entrants worldwide.

When our eldest was a toddler, I tried to fix our

When our eldest was a toddler, I tried to fix our ‘toddler boredom’ by buying her new toys all the time.

I’d head to Target and stroll the aisles looking for the next popular toy hoping that it would capture her interests and keep her playing for more than a few minutes.

You see, at that stage of my parenting (and play!) journey, I hadn’t realised how capable my toddler was at finding her own fun without me needing to entertain her all day.

But as time went on and we had more babies, I also discovered what play really meant. And more often than not, it didn’t really have much to do with me at all. In fact you can swipe through this post to see some of Lilly’s playful moments in those early years that I completely overlooked as real playful moments.

Over the years, I’ve come to the conclusion that play can both be child-led and adult facilitated. Neither is wrong - both are beautiful in their own right. For me, I adore using play as a way to connect with our children. There’s nothing I love more than providing my community with simple ways to inject more play into their days!

Next week I’ll be sharing how you can join us for another FREE play challenge and I can’t wait to connect with more playful parents with the same play values as myself! It’s going to be such a fun week!

Are you keen to join in the fun? Keep an eye out for my announcement early next week!

Raise your hand if you’ve ever wondered why ALL

Raise your hand if you’ve ever wondered why ALL the other kids will play for longer than YOUR child ever could?! 🙋🏻‍♀️

Little learners have THE shortest attention span and anything that captures their attention beyond these times is basically as magical as a unicorn 🦄

But seriously, expecting our little learners to focus on something for extended periods of time isn’t actually developmentally appropriate. Our little people were made to move and wriggle and explore and did I mention move? 😜

But here’s a little tip that will lengthen the time your child WILL play for. Are you ready? Follow the child! Let them take the lead and find their own fun. Don’t feel like you have to come up with grand ideas all the time or prepare invitations or constantly entertain. Take a few steps back and see what they come up with all by themselves. They might just surprise you! We’re going to dive into this more during our FREE playful challenge in a few weeks so keep your eyes peeled for that announcement!

Tap the save flag under this image so that next time you consider an invitation or play activity a *fail* you can come back to this chart and check to see whether you might just be expecting too much of your little person. KISS - keep it simple silly! 🥰

GIVEAWAY CLOSED - Congratulations @rachael_dear 🎉 Ready for your little learners to safely learn AND enjoy music and audiobooks independently?!

We are SO excited to announce that we’ve partnered with @birde.co to bring you an AMAZING giveaway where one lucky winner will receive their very own Birde player!

As you know, we’ve been loving our Birde player. It’s been a wonderful way for our little learners to find moments in their day to calm their busy bodies and enjoy their favourite music and stories without any screen time.

So how do you get your name in the running to win your very own Birde? Simply follow these instructions! 👇🏻

1. Follow @birde.co and @littlelifelonglearners
2. Tag a friend in the comments that might like to enter too. Each comment equals another entry so feel free to tag multiple friends in multiple comments!

It’s THAT easy! We’ll be drawing a winner at 8pm AEST on Thursday the 15th of April so be sure to enter before then! ✨

If you’re ready to grab a Birde player right now, you can use the code CASEY15 over at @birde.co to save 15% on your player.

Giveaway is in no way sponsored or endorsed by Instagram. All entrants must be aged 18 years or older to enter. Open to Australian residents only 🌏 Good luck!!

Do you collect natural loose parts for your play s

Do you collect natural loose parts for your play stash? We love getting outside and finding little treasures to add to our small worlds or sensory tubs 🌿

I’d love for you to share what you’ve created with your little learner using natural materials. Let’s put some ideas together by sharing in the comments 👇🏻

You can also swipe through this carousel to see some of my favourite ways to use natural loose parts in our play!