Many of the posts here at HLM are directed at toddlers from about 2 years old and up. It's not that I lack for ideas for my littlest ...

Inspired by big sister Eden's recent play time with shells (see here ), I put the biggest shells in our collection into a sturdy shoebox...

Since my now seven-month old is teething and everything goes straight into her mouth, I thought a soft play basket was in order this ti...

Today I offered Ava a new treasure basket to explore, which contained wooden items. In this 'basket' (which was really a wooden bow...

Have you heard of the term 'heuristic play'? If not, it is essentially the concept of offering your child a range of non-commercial,...