Summer Play Ideas for Children Under Five

We have some fantastic summer play ideas for children under five that are engaging, safe, and promote sensory exploration!
Here are a few of our favourites:

***Water Play:**
* Fill a paddling pool or water table with cups, scoops, and boats for splashing.
* Let kids run through sprinklers or a hose for refreshing fun.
* Water balloons are always a classic summer hit!

***Sensory Play:**
* Create a sensory bin with rice, pasta, or sand, adding scoops, funnels, and small toys.
* Freeze small toys or flowers in ice and let children explore the melting ice.
* Go on nature walks to collect leaves, rocks, and flowers, discussing their colours, shapes, and textures.

***Creative Fun:**
* Build a fort.
* Have a dance party.
* Make a mud kitchen.

Soft Toy | Green Bean™

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Children's Play House | Green Bean Collection

£3.99

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Soft Toy | Beckett The Bee™

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​**The Benefits of Child-Led Play with Green Bean**
Child-led play is incredibly beneficial, particularly for developing problem-solving skills. It's a child's first opportunity to make decisions, which is a crucial building block for their education and future work. Through play, children can practice leadership skills, experiment, make mistakes, and learn from them. If adults constantly control every aspect of a child's day, children miss out on the chance to practice making good decisions independently.

Child-led play empowers children by giving them full control over the direction and outcome of their play, significantly boosting their confidence, creativity, and innovation.
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We suggest incorporating child-led play into your daily routine, including a Green Bean soft toy, for at least 15 minutes. You'll likely see a significant increase in your child's positive behaviour throughout the day. Consistency is key to achieving these results. A simple heads-up, like "when the timer goes off, it's our time to play," can be very helpful.

Green Bean's Garden

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Green Bean's Bean Pack | Outdoor & Garden Play Essentials

£4.00

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Children's Jigsaw Puzzle | Green Bean and Friends™

£5.99

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**About Green Bean & Friends**
Green Bean is a fictional animated character and household friend designed for preschool children. Green Bean promotes learning through play, supports social and emotional development, and encourages healthy and sustainable living.

The Green Bean Intellectual Property is owned by Green Bean Studios and designed by Anita Frost, an entrepreneur and multi-award-winning author. Since its incorporation, Green Bean has been "Achieving Child Behaviour Modification for Good" on a small scale, running test groups in the local community with parents and children under five.

Green Bean features in the Green Bean Collection, a series of collectible children's books, ECO toys, and music and entertainment productions created by founder and author Anita Frost. Green Bean is a household friend for children from birth to preschool.