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Real Kids, Real Play
150+ activities to do around the home using household items!
Real Kids, Real Play is about bringing real childhood back.
It reminds us of the copious educational and fun activities that our children can do around the home using everyday items - without you having to spend lots of money, time or effort. It is written by an exhausted Mum, for an exhausted Mum. And Dad. And Grandparent. And Carer...
Inside you'll find activities, experiments, DIY recipes and song lists that stimulate your child's physical, cognitive and social development.
About the author...
Alice is a Melbourne mum-of-two, maritime engineer, taxi driver, renovator, cleaner, maid, art teacher and household event’s organiser. When she is not inhaling coffee, you will usually find her running after a semi-clothed child, scraping food scraps from the floor and generally trying to keep two mini-me’s alive.
With the birth of her second child, a yard that was unusable and an energetic and ‘outdoorsy’ toddler to take care of, Alice struggled with finding activities that not only kept him busy around the home, but encouraged him to play independently, provided educational development and maintained his attention span for longer than the time it takes to change a new-born's nappy.
So, sick of the Mumma’s guilt that goes with not being able to sit in a park all day and even more sick of a cluttered house, full of large, cheap, noisy toys that were never played with, Alice sought about researching and testing a range of fun, educational and easy play activities that could be done with household items. It is her hope that it can help make every parent, guardian, grandparent’s and carer’s role just that little bit easier.
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150+ activities to do around the home using household items!
Real Kids, Real Play is about bringing real childhood back.
It reminds us of the copious educational and fun activities that our children can do around the home using everyday items - without you having to spend lots of money, time or effort. It is written by an exhausted Mum, for an exhausted Mum. And Dad. And Grandparent. And Carer...
Inside you'll find activities, experiments, DIY recipes and song lists that stimulate your child's physical, cognitive and social development.
About the author...
Alice is a Melbourne mum-of-two, maritime engineer, taxi driver, renovator, cleaner, maid, art teacher and household event’s organiser. When she is not inhaling coffee, you will usually find her running after a semi-clothed child, scraping food scraps from the floor and generally trying to keep two mini-me’s alive.
With the birth of her second child, a yard that was unusable and an energetic and ‘outdoorsy’ toddler to take care of, Alice struggled with finding activities that not only kept him busy around the home, but encouraged him to play independently, provided educational development and maintained his attention span for longer than the time it takes to change a new-born's nappy.
So, sick of the Mumma’s guilt that goes with not being able to sit in a park all day and even more sick of a cluttered house, full of large, cheap, noisy toys that were never played with, Alice sought about researching and testing a range of fun, educational and easy play activities that could be done with household items. It is her hope that it can help make every parent, guardian, grandparent’s and carer’s role just that little bit easier.