However
since having Turtle my whole perspective of being in nature has changed. I want
to make sure that turtle has every opportunity to explore outside and I have
most recently discovered and realised that letting children explore nature
doesn’t have to be big as planning a big bush walk or going to the beach, it
can be so simple as letting them walk on the grass without shoes on or letting
them throw autumn leaves up in the air. For
our activity in May I wanted to bring the outdoors inside! Turtle has an interest
in posting and sorting toys and I found this activity from Kids Play Box on Pinterest (you should defintely check it out-their spring time flowers look absolutely stunning!) for a nature sticky
wall.
The
activity:
What
you need:
·
Clear contact roll
·
scissors
·
duct tape
·
nature pieces from
outside
Set
up:
It was super easy to set up.
·
If I had been
slightly more organised I would of liked to have gathered things from outside
with Turtle, but because she was asleep I went into our garden a picked some
different types of flowers as well as some grass.
·
Once inside I
found a cane basket to put them in – I decided to have two baskets so she could
post from one basket to the other if she wanted too.
·
I cut out a large
square of clear contact and with the sticky side facing away from the window
peeled back enough tape each side so I could tape it to the window then once it
was attached I removed the rest of the tape.
·
I decided to add
two books so Turtle could make a connections between the flowers in the book to
the flowers in the basket.
·
Wait for Turtle to
wake up
The activity:
Every time I think about how
it went I can’t help but giggle. This is what happened in dot points, because
it’s so funny!
·
Turtle gets up
·
I sat there
excitedly waiting for her to notice
·
She noticed and
kept doing her own thing
·
Came over,
explored the flowers through her fingers. Tipped the flowers out and walked off
·
Came back, I
showed her how to stick one on and she then stuck a couple on and played for a
bit then walked away
·
I sat there
happily and made pretty patterns with the flowers
·
Turtle comes over
takes them all off and walks away.
·
Repeat last two
steps over and over again.
Maybe I had more fun then
Turtle! Not really, children will learn in their own way and in their own time
and Turtle is no exception, she explored the flowers the way she wanted and I
wouldn’t have it any other way. Definitely doing this activity again. So simple
and easy :) See you all soon!
This month we are giving away a set of Grimm's 2017 Building Pebbles-Water. All you have to do is share how your baby plays with or in nature on Instagram (#playfulbabychallenge @squigglesandbubbles @loving_naturally @squishelsandme @mummy_loz @xoxo_beautiful_chaos_xoxo) or on Squiggles and Bubbles' Facebook Page before the 15th of June 2017, for all the fine print click here.
If you liked this you may also like The Curse of the Third Child. Just click the picture to read all about it!
Please always supervise your infant/child at play. Please stay within arms reach and never leave infants/children unattended. You know you're infant/child best, use your own judgement-considering your infant/child's temperament, habits, behaviour and development before you play with a new play medium.
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