Wow! I can’t believe that Miss K is already 18 months! The days go by slowly by the weeks go by so fast. A few old things and a few new things on her shelf this month. I hope you enjoy taking a look!
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- Various Homemade Shakers – see previous description here.
- Kmart Wooden Fire Truck – a few of Miss K’s books feature a fire truck, so I thought I’d add another vehicle to her toy collection. She likes to roll it around and loves it when I add sound effects!
- Grapat Nins Carla and Grapat Coloured Mates – this was my first foray into the wonderful world of small world play and I was fortunate enough to get the Grapat Nins Carla set and Grapat Coloured Mates during a recent restock from Oskar’s Wooden Ark. The full Nins Carla set contains 12 Nins, 72 rings and 36 coins in rainbow colours. To go with this set, I also purchased the Mates and the Nins fit perfectly inside. They are all beautifully handcrafted and perfect for little hands. So as not to overwhelm Miss K I’ve kept out the main primary colours. To be honest, she hasn’t shown too much interest in these yet but I hope she’ll get more fun out of them as she gets older.
- Coloured Felt Squares – one of the areas I’m focusing on teaching Miss K at the moment are colours, so I cut out some large felt squares in different colours. There are 2 of each colour as I thought we could pair and match them up when she’s ready. Miss K doesn’t yet acknowledge colours but their great at incorporating the vocabulary into her play. She loves to stick them to my back and will often grab a square to fold or wrap around objects around the house. Every now and then we’ll watch a short video about colours in Cantonese and I’ll grab these out to reinforce the concept.
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- Very Hungry Catterpillar Jack in a Box – see previous description here.
- EverEarth Pop Up Bunny Toy – see previous description here.
- Duplo Heart Box – I was tossing up between getting Miss K wooden blocks or Duplo and decided for now to get her some Duplo. Although the box states that it’s for ages 1.5+ she’s still a little too young to play with them independently. This set contains instructions on how to make simple structures such as a helicopter, icecream and duck, so I’ve put a few of these together for her to play with. She loves to pretend to lick the icecream and sometimes says duck! Miss K doesn’t yet know how to click the blocks together and isn’t strong enough to pull them apart but likes to see me do it. I loved Lego as a child, so I’m glad that this is her first introduction to it!
- Schleich Wild Animals – after getting Miss K her first set of farm animals, I purchased a few wild animals to go along with some of her board books. These are all so beautifully detailed and made. Miss K doesn’t usually play with these on their own, however she’ll grab them when we’re reading an animal book or playing with play dough. Although she can’t verbalise the animal names or their sounds yet, she’s able to correctly pick up some of the animals when I ask for them.
Marie xo
