Children like to re enact real life scenarios through their play. When it comes to using props like dolls, children can play out many roles which may be copying events from real life situations such as:
The doctors
The dentist
School
Playing at being a mummy or daddy, etc…
Recently my daughter has taken to play the ‘babysitter’ or ‘child-minder’. [...]

We have had quite alot of rain in Australia during these winter holidays. Therefore it was time to come up with some more indoor activities! Luckily I still had a few boxes left over from when we moved house last year and one of them in particular gave me some inspiration…
USEFUL RESOURCES:
cardboard box, tape, stanley [...]

I loved playing with my dolls house as a child. My siblings and I would often barter for different furniture so there was enough for it to go around the four of us. Whatever you call this type of activity it is one of those classic forms of play that children never tire of. We [...]