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Between 12-18 months children will begin to understand turn-taking games (nursery & school guide 06-07)

Starting with the easiest, here are some turn taking game suggestions;

Roll the Ball

Take turns roling the ball back and forth.

Catch

Once you’ve mastered ‘roll the ball’ try gently throwing the ball.

Snap

Take turns to lay a card until a match appears and someone shouts “snap”

Hide and Seek

Take turns to hide while the other one ’seeks’.

Pairs

Shuffle cards and place face down, take turns to reveal two cards at a time. Try and make a pair, if you get lucky, take another turn.

Photo by flickr user StubbsUk

Four uses for a sterilizing bowl when sterilizing days are well behind you (they will come!).

1. A Drum

Provide wooden spoons or some other drumming implement (provide yourself with earplugs) and off they go.

2. Water Bowl

Use as a large basin for water play.

3. Mini Sandpit

Fill the sterilizer bowl with sand. Provide spoons too dig and a fork as a rake. You could bury some gold coins (leftover from christmas??) as treasure!

4. A Mixing Bowl

Make homemade play dough or cakes, using the sterilizer as a mixing bowl.

I used Erin’s sterilizer tub, filled it with water and a variety of toys; a spoon, paintbrush, ball, tub etc….

Remember to use a waterproof sheet…..

Right: Erin sitting in a pool of water after tipping the tub up

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Cut out Pictures and Make Gift Tags for Next Year - Cut out medium sized pictures and punch with a hole punch. Thread with some thin ribbon or string.

Cut and Use Blank Side as Scribble Card - Simply cut the cards in half and use the side that usually remains blank for scribbling or crafts.

Make a Collage of Christmas Pictures - Cut out pictures and stick onto backing card to make a collage, frame and use as a classy decoration for next christmas.

Make Thank You Notes - Cut out picture and write your thank you note on the blank reverse.

Use Pictures to Produce Handmade Cards Next Year - Cut out pictures and use on new card to make handmade cards next year

Make Christmas Alphabet Cards - Cut out pictures and in large pen write the corresponding letter on the reverse, for example cut out a tree and put a ‘T’ on the reverse, or a snowman with an ‘S’.

Photo by flickr user smileygeekgirl


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Put seasonal books away with the decorations

This month has been ‘choc’ full with christmas, new year and family visits. We’ve laughed, cried and sometimes shouted. You’ve learned to dance and clap. You finally cut your first teeth on new years’ day.