Play Blog

Does your child find it hard at times to self regulate those big emotions? Do you find it hard to chat about those emotions, or know how to deal with them as a caregiver? Conker the Chameleon loves to facilitate those difficult conversation about the big emotions we are all learning to deal with, especially in early years development of children. Today we are looking at just how important it is to develop our children’s mental health and well-being, especially after home schooling and their worlds being turned upside down. Now more than ever children need to be able to...

We have been going behind the scenes and chatting with Education Experts from around the world to share their research and advice on why Play based Learning is important for children So excited to share ‘Learning Through Play Series – 1; Dr Cindy Hovington, Curious Neuron, curiousneuron.com (Canada) Dr Paul Swan, Swan Consultancy, drpaulswan.com.au (Australia) Dr Sandra Lee, Early Childhood Consultant (USA/China) Jacinth Liew, Our Little Play Nest, ourlittleplaynest.com (Singapore) Kwan Chiao Chyi, Tickle Your Senses, tickleyoursenses.com.sg (Singapore)   Edx Education are passionate about the ‘learning through play’ movement. This has long been recognised as a highly successful method of...

Children love matching the right shape and size Rainbow Pebbles to the activity cards. Learn early mathematics skills while having fun!A brilliant educational & fun activity for children of all ages to build essential skills in: Identifying different colours. Problem solving. Analytical thinking. Creative thinking.  Download, Print & Play! Comes with 4 Downloadable activity cards and a set of paper cut-out Rainbow Pebbles.Download, print and start having fun! Use the activity cards with the original Edx Education Rainbow Pebbles, or cut-out the paper ones to replicate the activity cards.Super fun Counting & Sorting Activities! Sorting & Classifying Patterning Counting Subitising...

Watching little hands explore and experiment with messy play is amazing.  Their faces light up while they are totally absorbed by the task at hand, engaging so many of their senses. Children’s imaginations are sparked when they have the opportunity to play with tactile  materials like pasta, rice, sand, water, chalk, paint, play dough or paste. They make their own discoveries and subsequently this stimulates their curiosity and develops knowledge too. We think there are a handful of reasons why messy play is so important in the early years for children.   What Messy Play Can Do for Children  ...