Find it!!

Im so glad I managed to find this at a charity shop!!! the game find it! All the things you have to find are listed on the lid and it takes days (even months- as an adult) to find them all so its a great tool for time out or just to keep the kids entertained on a rainy day!!

or you could make your own (which is what I was about to do before I found 'Find it'!)

taken from http://meetthedubiens.blogspot.com

lots of love
Ellie xxxx

Texture boards

texture boards are dead easy to make and babies and children have a lot of fun playing with them.
For joshua I used to have a texture box, full of lots of different materials. I also made a texture glove (sorry I dont have a photo), for me to wear and put a different textured material on each finger of the glove. This was really good when he had tiny fingers!!

anyway here I have selected a few of my favourites that I have seen on the blogs I read

Pieces of cardboard with different materials stuck on
taken from http://thefeltmouse.blogspot.com/2008/12/for-kids.html



taken from http://engagingtoddleractivities.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/homemade-toys-texture-cards/



texture boards made from wood
taken from http://kreativeactivities.blogspot.com/2011/05/texture-boards.html



texture sticks
taken from http://preschoolteacher81.blogspot.com/2011/09/texture-sequencing-sticks.html



One size fits all type of board
taken from http://shareandremember.blogspot.com/p/featured.html



and how gorgeous is this?? a little texture garden plant! love it! might make one myself!
taken from http://alittlelearningfortwo.blogspot.com/2010/10/texture-garden.html

have fun

lots of love
Ellie xxxx

Toddler Lunches

After stressing every lunch time over what to give Joshua for lunch I decided to brainstorm and create a table for inspiration. Here it is. Please feel free to copy it!!

Main bit	Fruit and Veg	Calcium builder	Treat
Cheese on toast	Grapes	Egg slices	Fruit bar
Beans on toast	Clementine	Cottage cheese	Fruit pouch
Eggy bread	Kiwi	Fromage frais	Cake
Egg and soldiers	Blueberries	Yoghurt	Nuts
Egg sandwich	Banana	Drinking yoghurt	Seeds
Peanut butter on toast	Pear	Glass of milk	Rice cakes
Hummous on toast	Peach/plum	Flavoured milk	Biscuit
Fish fingers	Tinned peach	Cheese cubes	Fig roll
Breadsticks and Hummous	Tinned pineapple	Cheese strings	Muffin
Jacket potato	Dried apricots	Babybell	Popcorn
Ham roll	Raisins		Malt loaf
Toast pizza	Carrot sticks		Fruit loaf
Soft cheese on toast/grated apple or carrot	Cucumber sticks		Chocolate
Pesto pasta	Sweetcorn		Gingerbread man
Veg and ham pasta	Babycorn		Yoghurt covered raisins
Cous cous salad	Cherry tomatoes		Crisps
Tuna wrap	Pepper slices		Cheerios
	Beans		Shreddies

I just look at this for inspiration now!!
One day I will make one for his dinners, when I get the time...phew

Or alternatively you could try what this lady has done!! I love it



taken from http://twiddlerhouse.blogspot.com/2011/08/whats-for-lunch.html

I might get round to doing it myself one day!

Lots of love
Ellie xxxx