Play Blog

Watching little hands explore and experiment with messy play is amazing.  Their faces light up while they are totally absorbed by the task at hand, engaging so many of their senses. Children’s imaginations are sparked when they have the opportunity to play with tactile  materials like pasta, rice, sand, water, chalk, paint, play dough or paste. They make their own discoveries and subsequently this stimulates their curiosity and develops knowledge too. We think there are a handful of reasons why messy play is so important in the early years for children.   What Messy Play Can Do for Children  ...