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Turn your child into a confident learner
Guest blog post from Children's Funky Furniture
Reading with your child helps to develop a great learning environment in the home
At Children's Funky Furniture, we make it our business to be knowledgeable about how children grow and develop so that we can offer you and your child the best possible products, service and support to help you in raising your child confidently. We have teamed up with Educational Consultant Dr Anastasia Pappa from Ostrakinda to assist you in your child’s educational development in our two part series blog all about how to turn your child into a confident learner – simple activities you can do to make your child smarter.
As your pre-school child grows, they will learn through play and this gives you lots of opportunities to engage with your child both in the playroom with toys and with outdoor play.
Practical ideas for Indoor play
We can establish a great learning environment for our children at home. Some activities we can do are (this is not an exhaustive list):
This blog has been shortened for Toddle About Magazine. If you would like to read the full version of this blog, please visit www.childrensfunkyfurniture.com/blog. Receive part two of our blog – How to help your child with their maths by signing up to our newsletter at www.childrensfunkyfurniture.com/newsletter . Dr Anastasia Pappa offers parenting workshops, one to one parental coaching and school class workshops. For more information please visit www.ostrakinda.co.uk.

- Reading together
- Play card and board games as a family
- Do puzzles together
- Help to Construct and make things between you and your child
- Doing arts and crafts together
- Playing activity games. Either choose activities of your own choice e.g. football, softball or use an use an activity table like our Plum premium wooden octagonal activity table
- Build a castle together on the beach or at home with our children’s sandpits
- Play team games where your child has to learn the rule of play and be a team player
- Plant vegetables or flowers together
This blog has been shortened for Toddle About Magazine. If you would like to read the full version of this blog, please visit www.childrensfunkyfurniture.com/blog. Receive part two of our blog – How to help your child with their maths by signing up to our newsletter at www.childrensfunkyfurniture.com/newsletter . Dr Anastasia Pappa offers parenting workshops, one to one parental coaching and school class workshops. For more information please visit www.ostrakinda.co.uk.