This is the LO favourite draw. Now he’s mobile. This draw is his brothers MO draw when he was a little older than this age. Now it has all sorts of things in it. It’s time to sort it out for him……because he’s in it all the time.
LO loves dumping everything out. It means he can be in the kitchen with us. It makes sense for us to have the draw but cleaning up is a bear.
He loves it.
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We’re playing Rhyme Time. The previous post was a photo of a Nursery Rhyme scene you and your child together are trying to guess. If you’ve not done this yet………what are you waiting for
This post gives you the answer and some activities we did with it.
Pretend play gives your child the chance for unlimited creativity. On Monday we’ll celebrate that through Nursery rhymes.
Here’s the answer………………………………….
Answer: Old MacDonald had a farm
We have this set with farm and zoo animals. We keep it altogether in a wipes box so we don’t loose all the animals.
Gather together a collection of Animal stories to read for inspiration.
Act out a story using one of the animals. (Hen) This time we used Dora’s Eggs
I played with my 3 year old. Inspired by the story we collected eggs ( plastic Easter egg leftovers) and an empty egg carton. He sat the miniature hen on top of the egg- just like the story.
I asked a few questions to extend the play as appropriate . ” What’s her name?” I let him lead though and tried not to direct the story but expand. “She looks cold, is it rainy?” I took my cues from his story.
Add new characters: “Oh look here comes the cow? What’s her name again? What do you think she wants?”
Turns out Katie, the cow wanted to go on a journey…….and so the story goes on.
Why didn’t we do a craft?
There are lots of craft related activities with Nursery Rhymes. Today the focus is on encouraging pretend play; joining in with your little ones and extending their pretend play.
What I hope he learnt?
New vocabulary in context
Stories can become real
Opportunity to work on our animal sounds.
Flexibility. We can change a story and add characters
Pretend play is fun
To sing 3 or more verses of Old MacDonald without getting mixed up in the ei ei ows
Playing with mum is fun
Our toys can be anything we want them to be.
that even though wise old big brother can point out that hens that size can’t produce Easter eggs that size….we can in OUR story because it’s our story.
Come join in Monday 22 June. What Nursery Rhyme will you choose?
Rhyme time is a weekly play activity to do with your child. It’s a chance to learn new rhymes, use our toys creatively, encourage pretend play, singing etc… For more information about how to play and find out more.
Here’s today’s post. Can you guess which Nursery rhyme?
Let me know your answer in the comments section. If you are playing along add your name and blog post to Mr. Linky so we can try and guess yours. Feel free to use the Rhyme time button.
Answer will be added later on today…… Easy one to start out with. See if your toddler or preschooler can guess which nursery rhyme this is…….
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