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As the years have gone by our play and play spaces have adapted and evolved with us as our family grew. This blog post is a bit of an overview as to where we started and where we are now in regards to the toys we own and how our/where our play space is set up. When Big Sis was born I hadn’t found the type of toys that I wanted to provide her with so I kept to the basics but kept it as open ended as possible. So what is an open ended toy? It can be anything that...

So have you been wanting to start toy rotation but don’t know where to begin? Start by reading this blog post and over the next few weeks I’ll be adding a few more parts to follow including how we set out our playroom and how our journey of play began. Toy rotation was always something that I wanted to do with my own children after working in Childcare as a Lead Educator for 10 years. I always wanted to implement it in my room at work but it was a long daycare centre and although Montessori was known about there wasn’t...

Open ended play is play that has no set of fixed way that a toy should be used. There is no set outcome and no 'right' or 'wrong' way for the toy to be used.  For example our daughter (2) used a tea pot and a block to shave Dion's face like she had seen a few days prior at the hairdresser. We didn't tell her "that's not a razor" or "why don't you use this instead?"

Here's a few ways that we have used our playsilks in the past but I think you'll find your children will find many more ways as well! My daughters always surprise me daily with their imagination and exploration of them and the silly things they come up with!