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My guide to the best early years and play based learning blogs!

by The Empowered Educator 24 Comments

When I first began my early childhood career (not to mention my role as a parent) over 20 years ago it could be time consuming, expensive and difficult to access activity ideas, resources and support as either an educator or parent. You had to source the right books or training and network with others whenever you could.

And then came the internet…and then bloggers, facebook groups and pinterest…..and then a whole new world of ideas and inspiration opened up for us all!

This can sometimes become a huge time waster though as you lose yourself in the ideas and find more and more new blogs as you search. Some are fantastic sources of information and ideas (like mummy musings and mayhem of course πŸ˜‰ ) and some not so much. Sometimes you are searching for something specific  but not sure which of your favourite blogs would be the best start.

I'm here to help save you some time because although I am a blogger and writer I am also an early childhood educator and parent too. So I've searched and networked and liked and pinned for quite some time now and want to share with you some of my absolute favourite blogs currently writing about the joy of early childhood. Some have more of a focus on parenting, some are activity and craft based, some focus on the great outdoors, sensory play or homeschooling. Some focus on different models of early learning and some do it all and more. All of them I believe have something of interest and are a valuable tool for parents and educators of young children.

I've split them up into categories to make it even easier for you, many of the blogs cross over in the categories but I have tried to group them under their main interest. The way to use a big list like this is to bookmark or save and then come back to slowly work your way through the interest areas as needed.  There are of course many, many more out there but this is my personal list of favourites!

Let's get started, I have loads of inspiration for you!

Your comprehensive guide to the best early years and play based learning blogs - Be inspired! Compiled by Mummy Musings and Mayhem.

Early Years learning / Play Based Learning

Playful Matters

Picklebums

The Craft Train

Danya Banya

Creative Play Central

Childhood 101

Learning 4 Kids

Laughing Kids Learn

Learn with Play at Home

You Clever Monkey

Paging Fun Mums

Irresistable Ideas for Play Based Learning (No longer active but some wonderful stuff in the archives!)

Lessons Learnt Journal

One Perfect Day

Boy Mama Teacher Mama

Learning to Play and Playing to Learn

Teaching 2 and 3 yr olds

Stimulating Learning with Rachel

Kindergarten and Preschool for Teachers and Parents

B  Inspired Mama

The Educators Spin on It

Happy Hooligans

Fun A Day

Babble Dabble Do

Sow, Sprout , Play

Fun at Home with Kids

Play to Learn Preschool

Fantastic Fun and Learning

Teach Preschool

Kids Activities Blog

Paint, Cut, Paste

Critters and Crayons

Teach Mama

Science Sparks

No Time for Flashcards

Mess for Less

Montessori /Reggio/ Waldorf Inspired 

An Everyday Story

Happy Whimsical Hearts

Racheous Lovable Learning

Hinterland Mama

Zella Said Purple 

Making Montessori Ours

The Magic Onions

Mama's Happy Hive

The Kavanaugh Report

Twig and Toadstool

Carrots are Orange

Living Montessori Now

Montessori Nature

Child Led Life

Montessori on a Budget

Reading and language development

My Little Bookcase

Honey Bee Books

The Book Chook

Busy Bugs

Twodaloo

Playing with Words 365

Play to Talk

This Reading Mama

Parenting & children's emotional support

Living, Loving , Laughing

Picklebums

Happiness is Here

Peaceful Parents, Confident Kids

Octavia and Vicky

Be a Fun Mum

The Multitasking Mummy

Just for Daisy

Moments a Day

Easy Peasy Kids

Janet Lansbury – Elevating Child Care

Kidspot Australia

The Golden Gleam

Aha Parenting

Let's Lasso the Moon

Mama Smiles

Outdoors/nature/sustainability

Down to Earth Mother

Let the Children Play

Little Eco Footprints

Mother Natured

Flights of Whimsy

Learning for Life

My Nearest and Dearest

Stomping in the Mud

Fire Flies and Mudpies

Teacher Tom

Sun Hats and Wellie Boots

Mud Mud Marvellous Mud

Country Kids from Coombe Mill

Baby and toddlers

Laughing Kids Learn

The Imagination Tree

Dirt and Boogers

Hands on as We Grow

Regarding Baby

Toddler Approved

Rainy Day Mum

Sensory and Sensory processing disorder support

Lemon Lime Adventures

The Inspired Treehouse

Fun at Home with Kids

Growing a Jeweled Rose

Mama OT

Homeschooling/Unschooling

Happiness is here

Golden Reflections

Suzie's Home Education Ideas

Enchanted Homeschooling Mum

123 Homeschool 4 Me

Confessions of a Homeschooler

Natural Beach Living

Creekside Learning

JDaniel4's Mom

Munchkin and Bean

The Natural Homeschool

Your comprehensive guide to the best early years and play based learning blogs - Be inspired! Compiled by Mummy Musings and Mayhem.

I hope you are inspired and have lots of fun visiting all the fabulous blogs above for your early years play ideas!

Next week I'll be sharing a list of my favourite early years Facebook pages.

Make sure you’re not missing out on any of the mayhem and fun by following me on:

 PINTEREST ,FACEBOOK,TWITTER, G+ OR BLOGLOVIN

 Keep having fun

Jode x

 

Filed Under: educator tips, family day care, family fun, parenting Tagged With: eylf, home daycare, parenting, play based learning

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Comments

  1. Brenda says

    19/05/2015 at 8:28 am

    Wow,very comprehensive list – might have to set aside a weekend to go through them all. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Debs says

    19/05/2015 at 8:32 am

    Great list Jode! Pinned x

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  3. Kate Lloyd says

    19/05/2015 at 9:37 am

    Such an AMAZING list of bloggers. Thanks for including Laughing Kids Learn Jodie. x

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  4. kate @ livinglovinglaughing says

    19/05/2015 at 10:10 am

    What an incredible resource list, Jodie!!! Thanks for your hard work compiling it all… so many new blogs to explore πŸ™‚ Helps to have a collated list bc it sure can get overwhelming out there in the interwebzzzzz!!!!

    An honour to be included xx

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  5. [email protected] says

    19/05/2015 at 10:54 am

    Great list; my blog reader will be even more full now! Irresistible ideas for Play Based learning was one of my favourites – I was so sad when they stopped posting πŸ™

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    • mummymusingsmayhem says

      25/05/2015 at 3:52 am

      Me too Erin, took me a while to realise they had though lol ! I love your blog, must add it to the list πŸ™‚

      Reply
  6. Anastasia @Montessori Nature says

    19/05/2015 at 11:55 am

    What a great resource! Thank you for including Montessori Nature πŸ™‚

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  7. Bek @ Just For Daisy says

    19/05/2015 at 12:06 pm

    You’re amazing!! Thanks for including Just For Daisy! πŸ™‚ x

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  8. Heather G. @ Golden Reflections Blog says

    20/05/2015 at 3:33 am

    This is a great resource! Thanks for including Golden Reflections Blog! πŸ™‚

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  9. Dayna says

    20/05/2015 at 4:51 am

    Thank you so much for including our site! Definitely pinning this great resource!

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    • mummymusingsmayhem says

      20/05/2015 at 10:29 pm

      Thanks for pinning Dayna and for sharing such a wealth of information through your fab site!

      Reply
  10. Kim @The Educators' Spin On It says

    20/05/2015 at 12:43 pm

    Thank you so much Jodie for including The Educators’ Spin On It! Sharing now with our Pinterest followers, such a great resources for parents and teachers.

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    • mummymusingsmayhem says

      20/05/2015 at 10:26 pm

      Thanks for pinning Kim! Your blog of course had to be included!

      Reply
  11. Nichole {youclevermonkey} says

    21/05/2015 at 1:19 pm

    What a great resource Jodie! And thanks so much for including you clever monkey! xx

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    • mummymusingsmayhem says

      25/05/2015 at 3:48 am

      Thanks Nichole…am so happy I could include your wonderful blog – truly a great resource for educators and parents!

      Reply
  12. Dianne Bentley says

    22/05/2015 at 12:12 am

    Thanks Jode for including Stomping in the Mud on your list of blogs.
    Dianne

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    • mummymusingsmayhem says

      25/05/2015 at 3:47 am

      Thanks Dianne, I so love everything you do and can look at your photos for ages lol! x

      Reply
  13. Rachel (",) says

    22/05/2015 at 5:47 pm

    Thank you so much for including me on this fab list, Jode! x

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    • mummymusingsmayhem says

      25/05/2015 at 3:46 am

      Of course I had to..you always inspire me Rachel!x

      Reply
  14. Emma says

    28/05/2015 at 7:44 am

    Thanks for featuring Science Sparks. x

    Reply
  15. Gaurav K says

    09/08/2016 at 9:41 pm

    Thanks for giving such an informative list. I got some nice ideas regarding how to be a better parent. I have found many of the activities of kids that are really interesting.

    Reply
  16. Maria says

    28/07/2019 at 10:27 pm

    Great Post!

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  17. Shamaar Learning Center says

    15/07/2022 at 2:43 am

    Having run my own learning center this blog is on spot <3. Keep up the good work.

    Reply
  18. Neighborhood Kids says

    06/10/2022 at 4:28 pm

    Very wonderful blog! Thanks a lot for sharing!

    Reply

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