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Getting outside in all weathers gives your child the opportunity to experience the changing seasons. But if you’re looking for ideas for after a chilly walk or when you just want to stay inside in the warm read on!  

The simplest idea for staying inside on a chilly day is to snuggle up together with a favourite book. Find a spot where you’re both comfortable and look at a book together.  

As the rain and puddles turn to snow and ice, we have ideas for play whether you want to explore the weather outside or stay inside and keep warm.  

Our first activities involved exploring snow and ice outside, so wrap up warm and see what you can find.  

Talking about things that interest them is a great way to help your child learn new words. Even if your baby isn’t talking yet chatting with them helps them develop and learn. This weekend enjoy some wintery words together with our play ideas. 

As we said last week, wrapping up warm and going outside whatever the weather is a great way to help your child experience the changing season.  

After all the excitement of the festive season, you might be feeling stuck for ideas of how to entertain your little one. That’s why each weekend in January we’re going to share ways to use your winter playkit, this weekend our ideas are all linked to the senses, and the winter weather.  

I am writing to you from the millionth day of winter. The Christmas chocolate stash is long gone (possibly mainly into my mouth), I might have tea coursing through my veins where there used to be blood, and I’m wondering whether I have gone from being cosy to feeling stuck and lethargic. 

It can be difficult to give ourselves a break at this time of year, but it is definitely worth thinking about our biology and how our bodies work. For those of us living in the northern hemisphere, the shorter days and longer nights have a real impact on our bodies. Fewer hours of daylight mean we have less exposure to light, which has a direct effect on our circadian rhythms (or body clock).