Birth–2 Years Activity Binder
Play-Based Experiences, Learning Links, Extensions & Sensory Recipes for Babies and Toddlers
Take the hard work out of planning meaningful experiences for your baby and nursery room with a huge collection of ready-to-use play ideas for children from birth to 2 years.
This binder has been designed to give educators more than just a list of activities. Each experience includes the materials, instructions, learning analysis, developmental links, theorist connections and extension ideas you need to help turn a simple experience into intentional, responsive curriculum planning.
Rather than spending time searching for an activity and then working out what children are learning, how you can extend it and how it connects to development, much of that thinking has already been done for you.
Inside Every Play-Based Experience
✓ Easy-to-follow activity instructions
✓ Materials needed
✓ Learning Outcome Links to support curriculum planning
✓ Developmental Milestone Links relevant to the experience
✓ Analysis of Learning explaining the learning that may be occurring
✓ Early Childhood Theorist Links to strengthen intentional teaching and professional reflection
✓ Three Extension Ideas to help educators follow children’s interests, revisit learning and continue the experience
Planning and extending made easier
Use the experiences as ready-made programming inspiration, then adapt them to the individual children, interests and learning occurring in your room.
The included Analysis of Learning helps educators recognise what may be happening through the play, while the Extension Ideas provide practical next steps — making it easier to move from:
Experience → Learning → Reflection → Extension
Perfect for those days when educators know they want to provide something meaningful but need inspiration for what to set up, why they are offering it and where the learning could go next.
Organised by Age and Development
Activities are conveniently separated into:
- Birth–4 Months
- 4–8 Months
- 8–12 Months
- 1–2 Years
- Birth–2 Years Sensory Activities & Recipes
The divider pages make it easy to organise each section in a folder so educators can quickly find experiences appropriate to the children in their room.
PLUS — A Huge Sensory Activities & Recipes Section
The sensory section is packed with simple DIY ideas using everyday ingredients and materials, with many taste-safe options particularly suited to babies and younger toddlers.
Ideas include:
Edible and taste-safe paints • sensory foams • edible sand • cloud dough • playdough • coloured ice • rainbow sensory materials • natural paints • mud experiences • bubble wrap art • sticky contact art • sensory bottles • chalk experiences • messy play and much more.
These are practical experiences educators can actually set up without complicated equipment or expensive resources.
Perfect for:
Baby and nursery rooms • Long day care • Family day care • Early learning services • Educational leaders looking for programming inspiration • Educators wanting quick ideas for extending children's learning
