It’s time to make a nature tick book! Hello and welcome to day 5 of our 5 ways to get your kids interested in nature. We hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s ideas and have come up with some of your own great ideas too. There is just so much you can do in nature. Sometimes… Continue reading Let’s make a nature tick book
Month: July 2021
Let’s make an autumn crown
Let’s make an autumn crown together!Today we are sharing an autumn themed paper craft. We do similar crafts as well as nature collage crafts which the girls absolutely love! The autumn crown is one of those fun paper crafts to make because it’s a nice excuse to get out into nature and collect items for… Continue reading Let’s make an autumn crown
Nature treasure hunt
Let’s go on a nature treasure hunt!This free nature scavenger hunt is easily adaptable and you can tweak it to suit your little one’s abilities and interests.If you are going for an outing anywhere you can think up ideas of what you might come across.Before we went on our walk Ano and Vongai remembered all… Continue reading Nature treasure hunt
Luckmore and Susan in the land of giants
Today’s pretend play is about giants and adventure. Susan and Luckmore are feeling bored. And hungry.Even though their parents told them not to go outside on their own they think they can sneak away without it being too much of a bother.They have heard about the land of giants. And in particular the two giants… Continue reading Luckmore and Susan in the land of giants
Let’s grow a sunflower!
Let’s grow a sunflower plant!Number 2 on our 5 ways to get your kids interested in nature is growing a plant. We are growing a sunflower plant. Sunflowers are great plants to start with and we are growing them from seed. They are really easy to sow and take very easily. Mom’s little helpers loved… Continue reading Let’s grow a sunflower!
Nature scavenger hunt
Let’s go on a nature scavenger hunt!Welcome to 5 ways to get your kids interested in nature.Each day this week we will bring you a different cool way in which you can get out and make the most of nature with the little ones. These activities are suggestions and you can tweak them to suit… Continue reading Nature scavenger hunt
Ngano ye Mushandirapamwe
Today we are going to learn about mushandirapamwe with Gogo Alice. In Shona stories like this one that Gogo Alice is telling are called ngano. Telling stories – ngano – is one of the ways that children can learn basic Shona language quickly and easily in a fun way. Because they are curious about what… Continue reading Ngano ye Mushandirapamwe
Ruva and Nyasha at the allotment
Summer is a great time for growing produce. Join Ruva and Nyasha as they go to the allotment together. They have been helping their dad with allotment gardening, and they are making dinner today. They want to use some things from their produce for the year. Allotments are a great local council-run initiative in the… Continue reading Ruva and Nyasha at the allotment
Dinosaur fun!
Ano and Vongai are absolutely in love with this Awesome Animales Discover Dinosaurs Tub. Ano is three years old and Vongai is one and a half. They are really getting into pretend play and this video happened naturally. It was so much fun! We love this set so much we are going to make a… Continue reading Dinosaur fun!
Hospital Pretend Play/ Mahumbwe pachipatara
Let’s visit our toy hospital 🇿🇼💞💞It’s Saturday at our Zimbabwean hospital.Welcome to our hospital pretend play – or maybe it is mahumbwe pachipatara?Mahumbwe is any kind of pretend play and fun play in which kids pretend to be grownups. This video below is made exclusively with Playmobil toys and is in the Shona language of… Continue reading Hospital Pretend Play/ Mahumbwe pachipatara
