Craft & DIY for Development Archives - Active Babies Smart Kids

Develop drawing and writing skills: How and why. Activities for 0 – 5 year olds

Posted 26 June 2018 by Bindy Cummings 29774 0

Drawing and writing skills develop over the first five years. GymbaROO-KindyROO’s advice for parents and activities for 0 – 5 year olds, plus why to have a blackboard and how to make one.

Sensory tubs for babies – 5 year olds: So many learning opportunities!

Posted 6 June 2018 by Bindy Cummings 9364 0

Through the simple fun of exploring and play, sensory tubs provide children with opportunities to develop language, creativity, fine and gross motor skills, hand-eye coordination, laterality skills, concentration, problem solving and thinking...

Mother’s Day craft: Ideas to do with 0 – 5 year olds

Posted 30 April 2018 by Bindy Cummings 95496 0

Enjoy our favourite ‘DIWK’ (Do It With Kids) Mother’s Day craft ideas to do with your little ones from birth to five years. Cards, bouquets and gifts all home made with love and bound to bring tears of joy to mums...

Easter fun! Ideas for 0 – 5 year olds

Posted 20 March 2018 by Bindy Cummings 10889 0

Gymbaroo-KindyROO’s favourite ideas for Easter fun, with your child’s development firmly in mind. Have a great time whilst developing visual skills, gross and fine motor coordination, hand-eye coordination, laterality skills, motor...

Christmas craft ideas for babies and kids

Posted 21 November 2017 by Bindy Cummings 19685 0

Christmas, with all it’s bells and whistles, tinsel and sparkle, is a fabulous time to create with developmental benefits and enjoy the heart-warming results. Enjoy these brilliant and fun craft ideas to do for babies and with toddlers...

Father’s Day craft: 15 of the sweetest and easiest ideas

Posted 31 August 2017 by Bindy Cummings 4990 0

15 of the sweetest and easiest craft ideas for you to do with your little ones for Father’s Day. You will find the ‘how to’ for each of them and the clever folk who pinned them on our Father’s Day Pinterest board...

Why every young child needs a trapeze and how to make one

Posted 6 June 2016 by Bindy Cummings 14677 0

At GymbaROO-KindyROO we advise every family with young children to have a trapeze bar in their home. Hanging and swinging from a trapeze helps developing bodies and brains in countless ways and helps to ensure your little ones build the solid...

Cooking with your toddler – So many learning opportunities

Posted 29 January 2016 by ActiveBabiesSmartKids 25613 0

Kitchen activities are a fabulous way to help your children learn basic cooking skills while helping them to absorb language, recognise words and symbols and practice measurement and number skills. The list of developmental learning skills...

The benefits of bubble play

Posted 28 October 2015 by Bindy Cummings 188314 0

Bubbles are not only LOVED by your baby or toddler, they are also a cheap and wonderful way to encourage many areas of development and learning. Read some of the many benefits of bubbles and developmental tips here. GymbaROO-KindyROO

Sensory tubs with rice

Posted 21 July 2014 by Bindy Cummings 4042 0

Sensory bins are such a great way for little ones to learn about their senses, develop fine and gross motor skills, hand-eye coordination and thinking skills, all through the simple fun of exploring and play. Today, our sensory tub is filled...