I love a bargain and especially when it proves its worth. Erin appears to be very bright something I had not really realised until she started school. It seems that the many hours we spent colouring, counting, reading and generally doing stuff that developed her fine motor skills whilst Erin was in spica has impacted on both her concentration and her ability. It wasn’t anything we pushed but that coupled with being involved in adult conversation (Erin is the youngest by a few years) and generally being around older people has resulted in quite an accomplished vocabulary and impressive set of skills for learning.
Therefore we have been looking at ways to encourage this learning through play at home. When I spotted the Learning Resource Post office I snapped it up and it has been well played with. This is how we are using it.
1. Counting out money
2. Practising writing skills by letter writing
3. Shown how to set out an enveloped with address
4. Discussing time, when the post office would be open, closed for lunchtime and so on.
In these photo’s Erin is wearing a Yumi jumper this is the TeaCup Sweatshirt (£16) and Yumi ‘colour block’ Skirt (£14) both from House of Fraser. House of Fraser have a great affordable range of clothing for children and Yumi alongside Pumpkin Patch are two of the brands I like to buy. The clothes are made for little girls with lots of retro images and animal themes. They fit well for example the skirt has a fully elasticated waist which means it hangs well and there are no fiddly buttons and zips for little fingers and thumbs. They are well made clothes designed for playing.
I like the colours of these two pieces and they will mix and match well with what is already in Erin’s vast wardrobe. I was gifted with £30 to spend in House of Fraser to illustrate that it is easy to put together a children’s outfit and I’m sure you will agree she looks as cute as a button!
I always always wanted a “post office” when I was a similar age, looks like great fun! Do love the outfit as well, it’s very sweet! (:
Thanks Emma, I always wanted a Mr Frosty!
Oh she is adorable, and I love the outfit – I reckon it would look pretty good on a grown up too… *runs off to check sizes*
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I know Kate, I’m jealous! I want the skirt!
That is such a brilliant skirt. I really like it. We’ve ordered several items for our nearly 8 year old to review and gone for tops as they are what we seem to rattle through them. And that post office reminds me of my big green tree house – love things that really do give hours of play value. Brilliant..
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ooh can’t wait to see what you picked out.
What a lovely outfit! We love Yumi and Pumpkin Patch in this house too! I love your ways of learning through play.
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Oh I used to love playing Post Office when I was a child. I would sit and design my own stamps and everything
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Ahh so pleased all that time whilst she was in spica has paid off, she is like a little cherub. so cute, Mich x
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Oh that jumper is super cute!
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I always used to want a library play set to play with when I was little – mainly because I loved the idea of stamping everything 😉
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