Play dough fans rejoice! Kate from Picklebums is joining us today with a fantastic set of printable sea creatures that are perfect for enjoying with some ocean play dough. Printable sea creatures for ocean play dough We have four kids – twin girls aged nine, a five year old boy and a two year old . . . → Read More: Printable sea creatures for ...

Here’s a glitter butterfly craft from our archive to celebrate the fact that we spotted our first butterfly in the garden this week! Glitter Butterfly Craft If you’re a member of the Nurturestore Facebook community you’ll know we’ve been raising five caterpillars over the last few weeks. The girls have been fascinated by the . . . → Read More: ...

Welcome to a brand new feature on NurtureStore! I’m thrilled to be joined by a group of fabulous guest writers, who will be bringing us their take on fun play ideas. I’ve invited some of my favourite bloggers over to share with us ideas their children love. There will be . . . → Read More: Dragon small world :: messy play The post Dragon small ...

technology rocks. seriously.: Animal Habitats: There are some absolutely amazing sites out there for kids to  learn about animal habitats.  Here are a few of my favorites:  ...

What is a food chain or a food web? What is a carnivore, herbivore, omnivore or scavenger? To answer question like these I made a set of food web science definition cards for my students. Each card has a picture of an organism to represent each term along with a simple, easy to understand definition. See the sample picture below. It ...

What is a food chain or a food web? What is a carnivore, herbivore, omnivore or scavenger? To answer question like these I made a set of food web science definition cards for my students. Each card has a picture of an organism to represent each term along with a simple, easy to understand definition. See the sample picture below. It ...

Welcome to day two of our week long series dedicated to the lovely, playful and sometimes willful stage of childhood that is toddlerhood. Yesterday we looked at sensory play and today we’re got some of our favourite ideas for arts and crafts. They’re ideas which are just right for two- and three-year olds (but also . . . → Read More: Activities ...

We stared our unit off by reading the book The Perfect Pet After reading the book we had a class discussion on what we would need to do to help the pets.  We had a class discussion on what types of animals would make good pets and what types of animals would not.  Pocket Chart Story using the children's names. The children enjoyed rereading ...

The inspiration for our spring chicken play dough  comes from the clutch of ten eggs which have been resident in the girls school for a week. The eggs have been in an incubator in the reception class but every child in the school has been in to visit, to hear the chicks cheeping . . . → Read More: Spring chicks :: play dough recipe The post ...

Looking for some Easter craft activities for children? Here’s an idea that takes a childhood classic and gives it a spring-time twist – we’re potato printing chicks, lambs and rabbits! This post is part of the Spring and Easter blog party – take a look at the end of this post and you’ll find over . . . → Read More: Craft activities for children ...