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Benefits of Loose Parts Play

Incorporating a variety of loose parts during play time can open children up to a world of infinite opportunities to think and create. There aren't any restrictions on how to use them, no instruction guide; they're pure open-ended toys that can be anything a child wants them to be.  Read on to find out why it's important for you to incorporate loose parts into your child's play. 

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Colour Play Invitation: The Week of Yellow

Continuing on from our orange colour play, this week we focused on the colour yellow!  So for this week, I went around the house and gathered anything I could find that was yellow - plates, cutlery, play dough, hair ties, rice, popcorn, toys and even fruits! I wanted to make sure I had a variety of everyday objects that Miss A has seen, so she could better associate the colour yellow. 

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