Activities and ideas from The Baby and Toddler Club
The Toddler Club Top Tips
The Toddler Club: Top tips on sharing stories
Reading stories develops social skills and helps toddlers learn about the world. The Toddler Clun shares their tips.
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The Toddler Club: Top tips on creative play
There's so much that kids can learn from creative play. Check it out in the Toddler Club, with top tips from an expert.
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Exploring play with toddlers
The Toddler Club: Exploring pretend play together
Pretend play is a type of play that lets children experiment with different roles.
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The Toddler Club: Learning numbers and counting through play
You can build children's numeracy and maths skills through play.
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The Toddler Club: Encouraging musical play with toddlers
Toddlers love music — and playing tunes as well as dancing and listening to them are an important part of early child development.
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Storytime at The Toddler Club
The Toddler Club: Learning to cross the road
This story time with Gemma is all about learning how to cross the road safely.
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The Toddler Club: A trip to the beach at story time
Join us in the Toddler Club where Gemma Atkinson and our families have fun pretending to go on a trip to the beach!
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The Toddler Club: A story about making sounds
This story time with Nigel Clarke is all about making sounds with your body.
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The Toddler Club: Making up a nature story
Join us in the Toddler Club where Nigel Clarke and our families have fun pretending to go on a nature hunt!
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Why everyday items are so important at The Baby Club
The Baby Club: What's In The Bag?
Easy activities for babies and toddlers. Hiding an everyday item inside a bag makes for an excellent sensory play game!
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The Baby Club: Exploring hats with your baby
Nigel Clarke encourages parents to explore hats with their baby.
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The Baby Club: Make everyday items into a basket of fun
Nigel Clarke from The Baby Club discusses the benefits of using a treasure basket in creative play.
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The Baby Club - Playing with porridge oats
Giovanna Fletcher from the Baby Club chats about how playing with porridge oats is a great way to boost your baby’s language development.
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The Baby Club: Play with spoons and have a pretend feast with your baby
Play pretend and improve baby motor skills with all sorts of spoons.
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The Baby Club: Playing with toothbrushes... even if your baby doesn't have teeth!
Play with toothbrushes as a game of pretend - even if your baby doesn't have teeth yet!
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The Baby Club: Play games with your baby using plastic cups
Build your baby's hand-eye coordination and discover rhythms using plastic cups.
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The Baby Club: Work out with a sponge
The Baby Club's Nigel Clarke explains how playing with sponges can be great fun for you and your baby, both in and out of water.
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The Baby Club: Pots and pans, bang, bang
Giovanna Fletcher from The Baby Club chats about why pots and pans can help boost your baby's development.
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The Baby Club: Pretend play with a scarf
The Baby Club’s Nigel Clarke outlines all the different ways you and your baby can play with scarves and why it's great for their language development.
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The Baby Club - Fun with mirrors
Nigel Clarke explains how playing with mirrors helps your baby's language and cognitive development.
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Crafty fun at The Baby Club
The Baby Club: Use vegetables in sensory play
The Baby Club’s Nigel Clarke encourages parents and carers to explore potatoes with babies.
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The Baby Club: Turn old magazines and junk mail into playtime
Use scrap paper in sensory play with your baby, or have fun making paper aeroplanes!
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The Baby Club: Making sock puppets and chatting with your baby
Use socks as puppets when playing with your baby.
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The Baby Club: Paintbrushes and paint in sensory play
Play with paintbrushes and baby-safe paint for fun sensory play.
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The Baby Club: Make a cardboard box a treasure chest for your baby
Nigel Clarke talks about how cardboard boxes improve your baby's sense of object permanence and coordination.
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The Baby Club: Using sticks for sensory play
What's in the bag this week? Giovanna Fletcher explains why babies love playing with sticks at the Baby Club.
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The Baby Club: Get creative with shakers
Nigel Clarke from the Baby Club explains why shakers and rattles are not only great fun but also really good for a baby's development.
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Playtime at The Baby Club
The Baby Club: Create some calm time with these soothing activities
Foster relaxation and development with your baby using these calming activities.
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The Baby Club: Use toy balls in play with your baby
The Baby Club's Giovanna Fletcher on using balls in play with your baby.
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The Baby Club: The benefits of singing nursery rhymes
Get the lowdown on why singing songs and nursery rhymes is great for your baby's development.
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The Baby Club - Using baby's name
Giovanna Fletcher from The Baby Club discusses the importance of using baby's name to help them recognise it and feel special when it's used.
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The Baby Club: Playing with toy cars
The Baby Club's Giovanna Fletcher explains how playing with toy vehicles is a great activity for your baby's development.
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The Baby Club: Make a turn-taking game with building blocks
Use building blocks and follow your baby's lead in how they play.
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The Baby Club: Turn bathtime into talking time with bath toys
Use bath toys and cups to play with water and have funny-voiced conversations.
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The Baby Club: Learning with teddy
Snuggly soft toys are exciting for your baby! Learn how teddy can help with development.
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The Baby Club
The Baby Club encourages parents, carers and their babies to explore everyday objects.
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The Toddler Club
Join in at home with fun activity ideas, songs and stories, for parents and toddlers.
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Baby Bear And Me
Play along with your little ones and explore sounds with Giovanna, Nigel and Baby Bear.
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