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Business mum toddler activities for learning and play as a working mum
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items As a business owner mum of a toddler life is a juggle. Balancing keeping my toddler entertained and the plates spinning at work is HARD! I’m also early years qualified, so here are my favourite toys, games and activities that help me engage his play ...
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Gross motor skill playtime
Learning toys
Creativity and art
Toddler book favourites
Gross motor skill playtime
The big stuff! The big play they love to jump, climb, throw and run that is great fun but also builds those important gross skills. Here are some of my favourites we’ve used that my son loves and really builds his skills
My son loves his picker triangle and has been using it since 10 months. Incredible for learning safe climbing skills, getting out some energy and building motor skills. Also, so many games you can create with them. For example he’s lately been using ...
Play Factory Wooden Climbing Frame
We have a pop up tunnel in the playroom and one in the garden. Loved by both the toddler and the dog! The garden especially is such a win in the summer, we can play together and he can enjoy it independently if I need to work too
Pop-Up Play Tunnel
I reckon the ball pit is our number one entertainment. Rarely used as an actual ball pit, my son will take out and put back in the balls, throwing them and choosing colours. He’s got amazing throw and target even by 15 months and can pick the right c...
Ball pit balls: endless toddler games for easy entertaining
Learning toys
The small stuff that’s built his language, knowledge and supported milestones in learning.
We were gifted this for first birthday and what a hit. He loves the songs, it has 3 levels teaches play pretend, basics like shapes, alphabet and colours, sings songs… it’s a firm favourite
Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Toy Smart Stages Puppy
This has been one of our best toys. He started with towers, then started building on his own and even now uses it to learn colours and counting now
MEGA Bloks Building Blocks Classic Big Building Bag 60 ...
We love megabloks! Making towers, building, learning colours and counting. Hours and hours of entertainment. We’ve got this and the red set too
MEGA Bloks Building Blocks Big Building Bag 60 Piece Set
Great toy for learning cause and effect, fine motor skills and all round fun. We were gifted a ramp racer for first birthday and gifted one to a close friend for her 1st birthday
Wooden Squirrel Play Ramp Racer
Creativity and art
The messy bit! We love getting creative and arty, as a designer myself I always loved art and love to now bring it into my son’s childhood from a young age. These are some of my favourites
A must have! So much fun and learning to be had with play-dough
Play-Doh Tubs 85g Super Colour 20 Pack
I love these no mess painting mats. I’ve bought these for so many toddlers. Creativity and fun but with none of the mess
Water Doodle Mat Large 100x88cm
Toddler book favourites
Has to be on the list! A classic for a reason. A must. My 16m now joins in and will even sit and look through the book by himself in the morning
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen Paperback ...
We love this book! It’s even taught my son to roar as he loves the tiger!
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr Paperback Book
Even without knowing Zog, my son loved the dragons, animals to spot and learning to pull and push the slides
Zog - Slide and Seek by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler
Whether a digger fan or a budding digger fan this will be a winner. With a cat to find on every page, animals and diggers to spot my son loves flicking through this book. Some great facts to learn as he grows too
Vehicle lover book | Lift and Look Diggers book by Felicity Brooks, Sean Longcroft
A great, funny book perfect for toddlers. It’s got a funny twist. We’ve had days and days of reading on repeat, and my son laughs out loud.
Kids book adults will enjoy with twist and humour | I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
The cutest book. My son loves it and asks us to read it so often. He loved making all the animal sounds, spotting little animals on the pages and even joins in with the snores, boos and laughing. It’s so cute
Farm animal book for learning sounds and animals | Snore! by Michael Rosen, Jonathan Langley
This cute story is a lovely introduction to making friends. Lovely illustrations and a range of fun animals my son thinks this book is funny, enjoys all the animals and within just days it’s become a firm favourite.
Making friends book with fun animals | Meet the Penguins by Mike Brownlow
A sweet book, simple with one line reasons why trains are great. Featuring adorable animals as they travel on different trains sharing their favourite things about them. My son recently became obsessed with trains so we got this and he loves it so mu...
Vehicles and train lovers kids book | Why I Love Trains by Daniel Howarth
An amazing book for learning colours. Sweet story with beautiful illustrations. We have been reading this for months staring with us reading and showing the colours, and my son spotting the owl on each page. Then, he started pointing to the colour wh...
Learn colours | WOW Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood