Open Ended Play Ideas | Open ended playroom - How We Do Open Ended Play and Loose Parts

[@katex3syouu]

👏👏👏 You did it again Kayla! I was definitely lost in the open ended play area. I was putting a ton of pressure on myself trying not to direct her and worrying why she wasn’t interested in a basket of pieces (Besides pouring them out and running away 🤣). But I love these tips! Especially setting up a little inviting area and let the child do the rest. I absolutely love the idea of open ended toys lasting through the years and now I feel like it’s something that will work for us! 🤗

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Aww thats so great to hear. I am so pleased it was helpful for you. Ah gosh the pressure as a parent is unreal sometimes isn't it but yes definitely simple invitation to ply type areas can be really effective but still open ended and child led too. :) Thanks for watching lovely.

[@sarahs932]

We are really into small parts and open ended play now that my son is 2. He can go for hours with the most random items and turn them into something I could never imagine myself! Thank you for providing more inspo!

[@ThisFamilyThing]

That's so awesome. Isn't it amazing how their imagination just explodes after a certain age. Thanks for watching. Xxx

[@ClaireIona]

I’m a huge fan of wooden toys and opened ended play but I’ve been a bit out of touch recently 🙈 I love treasure baskets my son lovely them from the moment he could sit up and explore them 😁 You have some lovely ideas and a beautiful toy collection that just wows me hehe 😇 My son loves his Waldorf inspired doll and element puzzle. I noticed from your comments your friends with Kate too she’s so lovely 💜 Recycling play is great my son is always pinching things out the recycling bag 😅 I love setting up an area for him to explore it’s so fun to see what he decides to do with it 😊 Your tree house looks amazing btw! Love love the lady bugs you made 🐞 I love your garden set up 😍😍

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Ah thank you so much. Such lovely comments. ❤️ Treasure baskets were always such a favourite for my little one too. They just want to touch and explore everything! Friends with Kate? Hmm... I do know a few Kate's, you might have to be specific. 🤣 Sounds like you have some fabulous resources yourself and your little one has access to some great toys and fun. Thanks for watching. X

[@gemmathompson4468]

Hi. This is great. One thing I just wanted to say, we use our peg puzzles to trace characters and shapes etc, and hopefully they will learn to hold the peg to trace independently when they are older. We also use the animal ones as characters and get them "back home" into the puzzle. Just wanted to say in case it adds some more life to your puzzles 😊

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Aww thanks. Lovely ideas! Xxx

[@kateababyaflatandafiat3339]

I love all of these ideas. The treehouse is so sweet x

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Thank you Kate. Xxx

[@ClaireIona]

@@ThisFamilyThing this wonderful Kate hehe 🥰💜

[@Playing_with_a_Purpose]

Love loose parts. I kept my packing corners too! So much fun!

[@mandypathania7804]

Hello 😊 I love this video so much. Thank you for all the inspiration. 🌷 Would you mind letting me know where you found those wooden discs? They look pretty sturdy and also the bark on the outer edge is so thick and pretty. Thank you!!

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Hi Mandy. Thank you so much for the kind words! Ah the discs are sourced locally so I don't think they are something you can buy unfortunately. Many thanks for watching. 💘

[@im1565]

Hi! I never have commented before, but I was one of the quiet ones who would watch and learn and slowly meditate on all that you said and start incorporating everything into our lives as well. So I appreciate you and I want to thank you for that. And also Today I have a funny question. you're going to laugh but can you tell me how wrap your scarf on your head like that? I absolutely love it and I love how it gives a pretty colorful addition to your hair and wardrobe. And where would I find scarves like that? Sorry! I'm totally clueless on the matter. Thank you so much for all kinds of inspiration not only montessori. I truly love your channel more than the other montessori mums. Sorry! LOL!!

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Aww thanks so much for the kind words. So nice to hear from you. ❤️🙏 I'm so pleased you are enjoying my channel. Ha ha not a funny question at all... I was clueless about headscarves until last year. Lol. I actually find them in lots of places, ASOS online, our local supermarket, Tesco and in the charity shops. They are usually some kind of silk. I will see if I can find a tutorial and link it here. Please feel free to share my channel with anyone else who might like it..x

[@ThisFamilyThing]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2G8iaSuqM2qf9U Here is one tutorial I found.

[@Mama_Sabine]

This is really AMAZING!!!

[@bshorne52890]

Hi! Do you remember where you got your large glass pebbles? Such a silly thing but it can be deceptively hard to find nice ones!

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Hi lovely. I'm sorry, I think these were thrifted from a charity shop. I'm pretty sure you can get them on eBay. Good luck..

[@FastingMum]

Happy to have stumbled across your channel. Great work. Although i think at one point the music was louder than your talking. But thank you for these ideas xx

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Thank you. Sorry about that. 😂

[@steffanion]

Thank you for sharing ♥️ love your playroom

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Thanks so much. I am actually posting a new playroom tour in the next few days. Xxx

[@kirstygardiner6850]

Hi, I am new to your channel but think it is great. Question about the loose parts outside. Do you leave all your baskets etc out in the rain?! Our stuff always gets so mucky! 🤦‍♀️ x

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Hey! Thank you for your comment. We leave some baskets outside but mostly metal pots and things that can get wet over and over. They do rust a little but it all gets mucky and welll used anyway so we don't mind. I'm not too precious about it since it's all about plays and experimentation out there. We don't allow any wooden loose parts outside just natural stuff like rocks and pinecones, conkers etc x

[@buszje1]

I recently discovered your channel. Thanks a lot for all the effort you put in making these video's. Very helpful and got so much inspiration for our playroom:-)

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Aww thank you so much. ❤️ I am so happy you like my videos and at least they are helpful..😂 xxx

[@010SillyBilly010]

Hello! Im new to this channel, I love it! Thank you so much for sharing all your wonderful, simple ideas. Would you mind telling me where you got the magnetic sheet from, and the stand for it. I can't seem to find anything like it. Second question, what do you usually use to prop your books up if you have an invitation to play based around a book theme. Mine keep falling down and don't look so pretty! xx

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Thanks so much Bethany. Glad to have you! Yes so the magnetic sheets came as a pack from Amazon. www.amazon.co.uk/Magnetic-Sheets-0-5mm-Spellbinder-Craft/dp/B0127IZ5D4/ref=asc_df_B0127IZ5D4/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309859536130&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9972421517732144190&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9044886&hvtargid=pla-573479145348&psc=1

[@ThisFamilyThing]

I have a couple of cooking book stands I use for books. Also you can use the plate stands from IKEA for holding a few more books. Thanks so much again for the kind comments. X

[@katnikitina9975]

I love your content!!! Thank you xoxo

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Thank you xx

[@yamurgullu8610]

Hi! This is great. Where did you get your tinker tray (with metal pieces inside )please ?

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Hiya! This was an amazon one... Think it was supposed to be a seed tray. Xx

[@yamurgullu8610]

@@ThisFamilyThing thank you :):)

[@bubboletta]

From what age would you introduce small parts? My 19 month old still tends to put smaller things in her mouth. Thank you for sharing this amazing video, very informative:)

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Ah thanks so much. Well I have always had some sort of loose parts around even if it was in the form of a treasure basket when my little one was younger which had much bigger things in like pinecones and large shells. I would just check them over for loose bits and make sure they were quite secure if my child was still putting things in her mouth. I didn't introduce smaller loose parts such as grapat prices or pom poms until she was over eating everything you such wasn't until she was 2-2.5 years old. I would just observe and see where your child is at and judge it that way, maybe gradually introduce different loose parts starting with bigger ones. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching. Xx

[@suzylyon5954]

Hi! Love your videos! Where did you get your small and large wood slices from please?

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Hi! Thanks so much! Ah gosh let me think... I think the big ones came from Facebook unfortunately,a local lady and the smaller ones I think from Amazon xxx

[@leahcadek9617]

Where do you find the wooden discs that your daughter is playing on and stacking? They look like sliced logs but I can’t figure out what they are called to search for them. Thanks!

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Yes they are sliced logs. Gosh I got them so long ago and I think they were second hand. Let me see if I can find a link.

[@ThisFamilyThing]

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[@ThisFamilyThing]

Are you UK or US?

[@leahcadek9617]

@@ThisFamilyThing thank you so much!!!

[@Navigatingmotherhood]

where did you get the green and blue manipulative? what are these called?

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Hmm not sure what that is? 🤔 Was it in the small tinker tray? X

[@Navigatingmotherhood]

sorry I was talking about the Grapat toys, didn’t know what they were called before

[@charliepeterson1745]

This is fantastic thank you 😊

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Thank you for watching. Xxx

[@gaynorgrindle293]

Great ideas👍

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Thank you xxx

[@Meowmeowingz]

What about for a 1 year old?

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Best to use larger sized materials as children that age put things in their mouths. At that age, my daughter has things like musical instruments, large wooden spoons, brushes, sponges, some small bowls etc. household things really. Plus the rainbow is fun too.

[@InTheMusicBox]

The music that starts at minute 7 is very disruptive. Very hard to listen to you.

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Gosh. Thanks for the feedback. Sorry about that. I definitely have gotten better when it comes to editing. 🙈

[@moreloveforthepeople]

Agreed!!

[@UDchemist1]

Agreed. Struggled here.

[@lucyjohnson2451]

Have you seen lunarue dolls

[@ThisFamilyThing]

Hi! Yes I have seen them on Instagram but can't say I know much about them. X