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Inside my home
To give you an insight into the rich and varied experiences your child will have in my home, I have compiled a glance of some of the things I do and the range of toys I have.
All of which are expanding all the time.
• A large, grassy garden
• Tuff trays for outside messy play, sand and water
• Little Tikes cars
• Balance bike
• Tricycle
• Rocking horse
• Children’s playhouse
• Basketball hoop
• Buckets and spades
• Slide
• Play tents
• Oversized diggers and tractors
Balcony
On rainy days, children can still access my covered balcony.
This features a sand a water table with kinetic sand and a chalkboard with an endless supply of chalk for writing.
So the children can still be outside without getting wet!
Messy play tray
I often set up a Tuff Spot mixing tray on a stand outdoors which we use for all messy play activities, for things like painting, exploring shaving foam, animal footprints, arts and crafts activities and playing with fake snow.
We also explore textures by finding bugs in jelly or small world play such as dinosaurs in 'mud' or tractors in 'dirt'.
Rotation of toys
I rent toys from Whirli™ to keep things fresh and exciting, and rent a storage space which enables me to rotate my toy resources. This keeps things fresh and exciting for the children, and so the children never get bored of playing with the same toys.
Award winning MUtable play table
The main playroom has a MUtable play table and chairs.
Mutable is an award-
It includes so many interchangeable accessories.
• 7 activity boards from Lego to puzzles
• Several different playhouses
• 3-
• Play dough board with 2 activities
Playroom
The playroom has a children's bookcase filled with exciting books.
We use the bottom bunk bed as a quiet reading area with comfy cushions to get cosied up.
There is a play kitchen, pretend cash register, and lots of dress up costumes on display hanging on a rail.
Toy resources
There are always multiple boxes toys kept on display in the living room. Some of my toys include, but are not limited to:
• Dinosaurs
• Puzzles
• Small world playsets
• Trains
• Dolls
• Cars and trucks
• Car garage
• Indoor football goal
• Lights and sounds toys
• Baby treasure baskets
• Sorting activities
• Fine motor activities – e.g. beading and play doh
• Phonics and maths games
• Large dining table, perfect for arts and crafts (and eating)
• TV character playsets: Toy Story, Peppa Pig, Octonauts, Paw Patrol
• STEM: Lego, blocks, SmartMax, Kid K’nex
• Animals: Farm, pets, zoo, minibeasts, frogs, sea life creatures
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Inside my home gallery
Treasure baskets
Treasure baskets are a form of Heuristic play for babies.
The approach, introduced by Goldschmeid, revolves around babies having opportunities for multi sensory play and exploration.
I often fill my treasure baskets with real world objects made from natural materials that come from nature and around the house (not plastic).
Small world displays
I have a large showcase in the hallway where I often change the ‘scenes’.
• A large bookcase with play ‘scenes’
• A diverse set of community peg dolls
• Wooden character play sets, e.g. Jack and the Beanstalk and The Gruffalo
• Books with story bags for role play
Time for sleep
The two bedrooms serve as ‘nap rooms’ during the day, where I change configurations depending on the age of the child.
Each child is assigned their own clean pillow, sheet and blanket which is put on their bed every day and washed at the end of the week.
• Blackout blinds are drawn during naptime, with optional nightlight
• There are baby video monitors (non-
• I do a check on the children at least every 15 minutes
• A child who sleeps in a cot will sleep in a Maxi-
• A child who has outgrown the cot might sleep in the lower bunk bed fitted with an extra tall wooden bed rail
• A toddler who is old enough to climb up a ladder might sleep in the top bunk with a safety rail