" I do byself"
"Me do it Mummy,
me do it"
"Let me try,
I can do it all by myself"

Creative Play 

Creative play is a term generally referring to activities involving creating something: drawing, painting, moulding in clay, making things from "junk" materials and so on, but the most important thing to remember when thinking about this for young children is that it's the doing that matters, NOT the creation that results. We need to provide the creative materials, time, space and encouragement, assist them but never "help" in terms of showing them "how to do it"

Young children are at the most creative stage of their entire lives. Everything they do is done by them for the first time, so that every action, every thought, every imaginative impulse is in a sense created by them, which is part of the magic of childhood and part of the joy of caring for the newly developing child - mind, body and spirit.

For toddlers and two year olds:

Painting easle/Blackboard Paint Brushes (short and thick) Playdough (recipe for home made dough included in recipe section) Dough Cutters Crayons (short and thick) Wooden Building Blocks

For Three to Five years olds:

Adding to above: Pipe Cleaners Paddle pop Sticks Felt Pens Scissors Paste or Glue Coloured Paper Squares Magnetic Board, Magnetic Shapes and Animals And to extend the Block Play: Transport, People, Road Signs, Animals and Trees

For older Children:

Adding to above: French Knitting Coloured Pencils and Pencil Sharpener Origami Clay/Plasticine Flower Press