The hand-operated water pumps have an annoying habit of being commandeered by older, often extremely territorial toddlers.
Interactive Play
This month, cool off in city fountains, relax on urban beaches and build your own ice lollies with your preschooler.
Set in an immersive ‘garden’ environment, Baby Show felt at once magical and familiar, with the real genius being its simplicity
Should they need a break from climbing, sliding and mud-pie making, the pint-sized picnic huts offer the perfect place to refuel.
I was picturing a room full of sponges with a couple of people in costumes bouncing around helping the babies climb into buckets.
Natalie Zervou is an artist-educator and the founder of Starting With Art. She lives in Camden.
Toddlers want to touch stuff and that’s understandable. These people are brand new; of course they want to touch everything.
Children are encouraged to think independently and collaborate to create walkways, see-saws and slides using diverse materials.
You can throw in as many plant-based puns and giant flowers stolen from the set of The Day of the Triffids as you want; a play area still needs a variety of decent things to play on
What?: The Japanese House: Architecture and Life After 1945 is an ambitious interactive exhibition exploring some of the fascinating examples of experimental domestic architecture constructed in Japan in the wake of the Second World War, and the intrinsic link between home and self in Japanese culture
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