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Play Collections
Real world collections of everyday household items are a great resource for encouraging your children to engage in role play, helping to support their learning and understanding of the real...
FREE ebook 'How to Create a Playful Home'
Play is at the heart of everything we do! Play does not have to be beautiful and Pinterest worthy, infact the simplest of activities are often the more effective! Claire has written this 10 page ebook to help you get started. Simply click the button below to register for your free copy as well as lots of other free goodies!
The PlayHOORAY! Handbook is out NOW!!
Have your seen the recent announcement?! Claire has only gone and written her first book!!! 100 activities to help you to play at home with chapters focusing on sibling play, baby play and making homework fun! Just like everything we do, this book will help you to use what you have at home and offer a helping hand along the way! Click here to read more about it and order yours TODAY!
playPROMPTS APP
The APP to make play at home with the kids has ARRIVED!!
Simply click the button below to get 100 easy and educational play ideas on your phone, along with helpful downloads and resource tick list...anything to make entertaining the kids a whole lot easier!
Blog & Freebies
Looking for some advice? Need help getting the kids to play independently, concentrate or wondering how to choose the right childcare setting? All of these, plus many, MANY more topics are covered by indepth blogs written by Claire plus guests to help you out. And we all love a freebie, so check out the free downloads to motivate the kids to play and free ideas sheets to print out and stick to the fridge! So flick the kettle on and have a browse next time the kids are in bed!
Happy Playing Podcast
Claire hosts a weekly podcast sharing play tips and ideas to help you to play at home. And is now excited to have special guests join her for chats and lots of laughs around play, home life and kids! Click here to find out where and you can listen!
Amazon Resources
Browse the playHOORAY! recommendations on Amazon for play cupboard essentials, gift ideas and other useful play resources.
join our community
Yes playHOORAY! is all about the kids, but we firmly believe we want to inspire as well as support parents too. We are super proud of our amazing Facebook Community group full of fellow parents, carers and educators and we would love you to join!
realistic ideas minimum prep maximum play
Did you know, the shop now offers over 30 packs of playPROMPTS in the range? All written by Claire Russell the founder of playHOORAY! and Early Years Specialist,to cater for a wide variety of ages and themes of play! As well as lots of lovely playful products and online course to help keep kids playing! Why not browse the range there's bound to be something to help you entertain the kids...in the press
playHOORAY! is super proud to share where Claire and playRPOMPTS have been featured in the press! A lovely interview in Bristol Post, playPROMPTS named one of the top 15 educational toys for young children, activity ideas on Lego Duplo YouTube channel and sharing the playHOORAY! story with viewers of Bristol TV!
