Last week, the three police officers from town came out to the station for some morning tea. The boys couldn’t stop talking about them (or making siren noises) once they’d left. Our the freckled frog village, vehicles, road and people were the perfect way to follow up that experience and keep the conversation going. One of my favourite things about these toys is the range of people in the set. It allows for plenty of conversations about roles in the community, diversity, culture and family structures. 

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The cutest little houses I ever did see! 
 Such a gorgeous set from the freckled frog 

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Stacking Rainbows from the freckled frog ? perfect for big and small kids!! Review from Instagram

?? ? FARM PLAY ?? ?

This wooden Happy Architect Farm set in such a fun set! It includes everything needed for play & is made from sturdy strong wood that’s perfect for little hands to build with (and knock down lol) 

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Ad A little shelfie with our newest architect sets from the freckled frog. They are just so stunning, making the perfect small world toys plus brilliant displays on the shelves in the playroom 🙂 

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Capital letter, lowercase letters and number sort. Using our the freckled frog discs, we had a go at identifying and sorting based on these factors. Sorting the difference between capital letters and lowercase letters was a struggle. Definitely something we will continue to work on. 

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Capital letter, lowercase letters and number sort. Using our the freckled frog discs, we had a go at identifying and sorting based on these factors. Sorting the difference between capital letters and lowercase letters was a struggle. Definitely something we will continue to work on. 

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?Stacking Rainbows! 
The beauty about open ended toys is that there is no limit to how they can be played, meaning it allows the child to play freely with no rules to follow. 
Our Stacking Rainbow set from the freckled frog is a wonderful example of an open ended toy. Made from wood, this colourful resource has so far provided Olivia with plenty of independent play and learning, in a variety of ways.. Review from Instagram

Who am i? A little game we did this morning. These flashcards are from the freckled frog and its such a fun little game to match the skin to the animal. If you watched my stories you can have a glimpse of our game we did this morning. 
Set up a little play dough invitation for this afternoon whilst I prepared dinner. And let me say it was a hit. I loved watching miss 3 creating little animals and making her version of things. Review from Instagram

Upper and Lower case match ? 
Simple activity this morning to practice our sounds and letters. Review from Instagram

Some rainbow family fun with the freckled frog ❤️ These little guys are the sweetest and I wish you could hear the story telling happening on Moo’s end, I swear she narrates her entire life! Review from Instagram

Counting game ? 
A little counting game we have been doing using our the freckled frog flashcards. 
This was particularly with miss 3 just for her to practice some counting and numbers. She has been loving these flash cards. So I challenged her by asking her to find the things thats on the flashcard and the amount. I did only up to 5 since it was a bit easier to start of with. But it really helped her with recognition and counting. Review from Instagram

I think a toys true value is how open ended it is. If it can be used in more than 10 different ways, if it can inspire creativity, if it can support problem solving and experimentation. Review from Instagram

This thing is so sturdy it could handle 10,000 kids in chunky cheese. This is so rugged a nuclear bomb could land it will still be fine. In all the kids toys I bought I’ve never seen something so rigid. It held and spun an adult that was was over the legal limit. It handled the massive size even cleaned up after the vomitron event. You buy this once and your great great great grandkids will play on it. It’s like those 1980’s playground toys still going strong. When future anthropologists from 1000 years in the future see it. They will be amazed.
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These are just great. My kids loved playing find the match and the colours are so nice. Such a great way to learn some of the indigenous symbols. Ours came in a nice little drawstring pouch.

My boys are both having a major dinosaur obsession right now and I’m here for it!…Their favorite toy right now is the the freckled frog happy architect dinosaur set. It fosters so much open ended and imaginative play. The dinosaur pieces are nice and chunky for small hands too!
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received a few belated birthday gifts in the mail yesterday – one of them this gorgeous ? globe. It has been so much fun in the few hours we’ve had it!!… So many play options and learning opportunities – we love these endless toys! … I can’t deny the whole family has had a go at that little game ? It’s a bit addictive, haha!
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Sunday fun day with @the_freckled_frog happy architect emergency set. My boys will enjoy hours of imaginative play with the happy architect emergency set. This colourful open ended construction small world set contains 20 pieces that represent the world of emergency services. This set includes a police station, fire station, jail, hospital, emergency vehicles, wooden people figurines, generously sized police car, ambulance and firetruck.
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“Dames in shining armour” has been a big hit! But really, I love how @the_freckled_frog have designed this set so it naturally enables children to identify that anyone can be a knight!
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The Happy Architect Natural Set. Perfect for creating world’s, building scenes and playing imaginary play. Such a perfect gift this Christmas for any child ?❤ As you can see the twins absolutley loved building and playing peekaboo with the house pieces ??
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How amazing is this Artist Pallete Puzzle from @the_freckled_frog and less than $20 ? Moo loves tipping it all out and putting the pieces back in, her favourite part though is pretending to paint the trees, the walls and her face with all the different colours!
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Guys, how fun are these Happy Architect Create n’ Play blocks from @the_freckled_frog? They’re perfect for all the kids because they’re sturdy and don’t fall over easily when building on carpet; and the fronts are chalkboards, so the kids can design their own buildings. The options for play and creativity are endless.
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My little Dino enthusiast will be turning 4 in just a couple of weeks… In today’s activity, we read some interesting facts on several dinosaurs. He also used the dinosaurs from @the_freckled_frog to make stamps with the play dough. It’s such an easy set up.
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William is absolutely obsessed with his new Cruisin’ Cork Road Set. It works perfectly with his Happy Architect Town…
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The little man got to test out a pretty special product new to @the_freckled_frog recently.
The Happy Architect Raceway comes with the cutest little cars that match up with the corresponding coloured buildings. Cayden loves colours, building, numbers and cars so he has really enjoyed exploring what this play set has to offer. As always with their products the finish is just beautiful ?.
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Absolutely love this product. Very good quality, worth the price and great customer service. Thanks

Absolutely love this product. Very good quality, worth the price and great customer service. Thanks

How beautiful is this puzzle ?

Something good came in the mail today! Children Around the World by The Freckled Frog, for Adam & Iman to learn about other friends from across the globe.
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Oh my gosh, we got the town about an hour ago. Our other natural little architects are still in transit. And OMG!!!! It’s incredible!!! I’m going to get amazing photos. Boys are so happy.
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My kids have been playing with this non stop since Christmas ?? Gorgeous product. Krys x

Imagine her delight when she pulled this bad boy out of the box, “a number pizza” Whilst we made some number pizza’s with our fraction puzzle, Moo started to explore how many pieces of pizza she needed to make a full one…I love when resources allow Moo to explore her imagination, use it in so many different ways and also incorporate some learning at the same time ?
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Aren’t these wooden matching pieces just beautiful! Perfect memory game to improve visual memory, concentration, short term memory and attention to detail.
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I’ve always found it really hard to beef up a space themed small world table. Not anymore! Loving our new travelling on space set from @the_freckled_frog It’s perfect for pretend play and a great way to introduce facts about the Solar System!⁣
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…a perfect match with our other open ended toys. It has multiple options for play as you can decorate the blackboard walls with chalk and redesign it any way you like!… Let them story tell, design, build, destroy, rebuild.
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Loving having the extra road pieces so much! Makes for much bigger and better play!
And the animals, mandala pieces and the Brots add so much more!
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Master K… is sounding out the word, breaking down the sound blends, to create the word with our letter discs.
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Happy Litte Architect range. Great for both kids working very much in the Enclosure Schema right now; but, it’s excellent problem solving for the clever kid—who, mostly loses her mind if she doesn’t understand it instantly. It is forcing her to stop and think and problem solve a little more.
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This was a fun one that I quickly set up… today using our Getting About Town set and Alphabet Discs from @the_freckled_frog!! I also used the letter stones from my Beginning Sounds Houses Match so she had something to know the order of the letters.
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…it was such a relief when the mail man turned up and delivered the best package from @the_freckled_frog to keep the boys busy ?? P and I had so much fun setting up this little scene and he loved adding trees and people and different cars as he made up the best little stories ??
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We had fun today using our gorgeous @the_freckled_frog wooden letters to practise our sight words and have fun making new words as well… we got some explicit learning done that was specific for their individuals needs ❤
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We got to test out this amazing “Getting About Town” set from @the_freckled_frog…I am so impressed with this beautiful product there is something special about this beautiful brand and every toy/resource they design ?.
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The boys have been LOVIN this one. So many streetscapes have been created with it. Mostly truck and roadworks (major road upgrades happening around here).
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A fantastic addition to your block collection! The peg and hole design make for a fine motor challenge and the architectural shapes are a terrific STEM challenge for creating structures. Highly recommend!

Beautiful, high quality product. My students love playing with this set, a great resource for imaginative play and learning!

Audrey is busy with The Freckled Frog people, these little people from The Freckled Frog has been so popular in the house this week!
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BUILD IT UP // These guys, these little wooden blocks are AH-MAZING!! Hidden magnets…no more loud crashing on the wood floors –
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What are the lil ones loving this week? @the_freckled_frog Happy Architect & wooden village people they are loving City play.. building and designing their own city.
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…it is so important for our kids to learn about and see the huge, wonderful, variety of shapes, colours, beliefs that make us all unique. @the_freckled_frog is really leading the way with toys that actually portray the world.
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Love these wooden alphabet discs which I got to use during literacy lessons for the lower years ?
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Playing with our happy architect fairy tale set from @the_freckled_frog ?
My girls really love fairy tales and nursery rhymes at the moment, so this is such a perfect set for them to play with.
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Fairy Tales set from the Happy Architect range! This will be one of Libby’s Christmas presents this year, although I think my other children will want to play with it also;)
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We were gifted the Happy Architect Fairy Tales Set from @the_freckled_frog which has been a really great resource for setting up small worlds. I’d love to take this into the classroom eventually. My five year old quite often pulls out the buildings and characters for her own play scenes too.⁣
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Any toy that encourages creative, open ended play I’m all about ? This cute Australia play set from @the_freckled_frog has Elijah playing for so long at a time as he comes up with so many different creative scenarios.
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When the boys discovered the Happy Architect Emergency set from @the_freckled_frog on the weekend, all their emergency vehicle dreams came true…The vehicles and people are nice and chunky and perfect for little hands. The building pieces are easy to set up and the boys love driving the ambulance and fire truck into their garages. It’s such a fun set ?
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Still crushing on these wooden animal families.. my youngest is all about the cows (we have 3 she follows around every day)
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He loves these career blocks from @the_freckled_frog

Have hours of fun with our ‘Happy Architect Farm’ right here in the comfort of our indoor playroom, and you’ll soon hear your little one making cute animal noises while engrossed in play. ?
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Animal Families- ?I used our @the_freckled_frog animal families set… for a matching activity to fill in some time after the boys nap before school pick up of their older brothers. ?I only put out the farm animals but it comes with 12 pairs of different animals….?I tried talking about the correct names for each baby animal…
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I love the collaborative storytelling and imaginative play that comes from Tuff Tray small worlds ? Australian set from @the_freckled_frog
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If you are in need of some high quality, beautiful wooden educational toys, have a look at the wonderful @the_freckled_frog?
My kids absolutely loved playing with and writing about ‘The Happy Architect’s Farm’…I have so many products on my wish list!! Next one is definitely the ‘Magnafun Going Shopping’ board?
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Using the Happy Architect Dinosaur from @the_freckled_frog .
We have lots of roaring and stomping happening  I can’t wait to build on this interest.
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There are never too many different hands on alphabet materials you can own!
Some of our faves are wooden letter discs from the_freckled_frog…By just mixing up the way you present the alphabet can make an activity seem all new again!
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” Elijah absolutely LOVES this set and spends ages building and playing with it ?…”

Letters from… @the_freckled_frog to practice making & matching the name??
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The Happy Architect Emergency set from @the_freckled_frog that Elijah has been loving so much! There is a jail, police station, fire station and hospital. The wooden pieces easily slot into each other allowing him to build little scenes all on his own, and then he uses the chunky wooden people and vehicles to role play and act out different scenarios ? So good for his imagination! And lastly, a really nice touch to this set that I really love is that the people are of different ethnicities ?
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Australian animal small world trays. Quick 10 minute set up while the baby slept☺️? I set up woodland, desert and coastal trays but some of the animals are holidaying in the wrong habitat for play purposes ?…Thanks to…Australian trees from @the_freckled_frog
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As you can see, Elijah is loving his Happy Architect set from @the_freckled_frog! I absolutely love toys like these that allow him to build and create to his hearts content. Once he’s finished building he then uses his little wooden peg people inside the “castle”. I don’t see this being rotated away any time soon!
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So when I came across these gorgeous Create N Play wooden discs from @the_freckled_frog, my brain went into overdrive with all the possibilities of the ways these discs could be used! So far we’ve used them for shape memory, a number match, sorting letters into straight lines, curves lines and letters with both, plus a sensory sight word search! These discs lend themselves so well to #LearningThroughPlay and would make a fabulous addition to any homeschool space!
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Such an AMAZING delivery today! ?? These Tactile Alphabet and Number sets are GORGEOUS! So fun to play with. I can’t wait to show my class tomorrow!
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Here is an idea you can use in the classroom and one I’ll be using for tutoring and when I go back to the classroom one day! ?? Using @the_freckled_frog ? beautiful wooden upper and lower case letters…So cheap but fun & visually appealing with that pop of colour!
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…my goodness, what a wonderful addition to our playspace! The buildings are so bright and colourful, the possibilities of how to build the town are endless and the large pieces are easy for the kids to construct.
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I also popped out the houses from around the world so Arlo could match the children to the houses too…He built the children a shelter because a storm was coming, it was adorable! These children from around the world blocks and houses of the world are so awesome for opening up discussions about different cultures and houses.
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They thought it was Christmas all over again when this Happy Architect Set arrived from @the_freckled_frog What an absolutely amazing building set.
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Today I set up a super quick sensory small world using the 3 Billy Goats Gruff characters from our @the_freckled_frog fairytale set…So easy, so quick and I’m sure the kids are going to love exploring it when they wake up in the morning! Lilly especially is alllll about retelling stories right now!
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/f/ is for fire!! ???‍????‍?? We had lots of fun with this set up last week when we explored the /f/ sound ? We set our @the_freckled_frog town ‘on fire’ and the children engaged in imaginative play as they put out the fires using the fire fighters, fire truck and other community helper dolls ?It was so much fun! ??‍???‍? … The wooden town, village vehicles, wooden village people and traffic signs are all from @the_freckled_frog ? ?
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\W O O D E N toys + …This gorgeous Australian outback set from @the_freckled_frog works brilliantly here with the @invitationtoplay tuff tray UPSIDE DOWN and a bag of lentils. We kept this set up on the table for 4 days and it was used in so many ways…With cars, a mat, trees, animals, people and a house it’s perfect.\
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I will definitely be implementing more of these activities to consolidate this learning as well as sorting letters/words/sentences.
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We can build a village where we live. The hospital fire department police office post office school etc. There are many cars that are specific, so I like it so much when I have a lot of cars ?

..My kids really love chalkboard things of any kind, so these chalk board discs from @the_freckled_frog have been an instant hit. Daisy changed things around after this, writing her own numbers. Then Libby scribbled on all the discs copying Daisy.
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When I say Avalee loves the new @the_freckled_frog Dames in Shining Armour Set, I mean it! She plays with it every day – she especially loves the dragons! The set encourages conversations about gender stereotypes and I love that when Avalee plays with it we can chat about the girl knight and how brave she is!..Continuing these conversations as she grows is so important to me… I can’t recommend this set enough!??
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Number matching. We are working on number recognition using our number discs this week. I put out both the matching discs and a different set of number discs to make it a little trickier to identify the number… My 2 year old loves finding his number (2) everywhere so he had a play with this activity too☺️
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H A P P Y architect ? Let me introduce you to an amazing product that we have only very recently been introduced to by @the_freckled_frog ? It’s hard to believe that all of these interlocking pieces fit easily into one box!.. the possibilities are endless. With chalk board on one side, the pieces can be put together to be made into a barn, fairy house, coffee shop, shopping centre or school, with ease.
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It’s been a good week for deliveries? In love with my new resources!
Australian wooden trees and tactile alphabet matching pairs from @the_freckled_frog (thanks for the quick delivery of my order too)
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This set of blocks is one of our all-time favourites, I can literally pop it in any age pack and it’s a hit! The easy to stack square blocks are perfect for 12 months+, the mix and match people draws the interest of 2+ and the different professions on each block set is a perfect educational tool for 3+! Such a winner @the_freckled_frog.
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Letters O R numbers ? … so here we have something simple that just works. {Love the wooden discs! Thank you @the_freckled_frog ❤️} .
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..I added our children of the world wooden dolls from @the_freckled_frog to some coloured rice and placed some matching cultures of the world cards on the table…Arlo enjoyed finding different dolls and trying to match them with the cards, it was the perfect opportunity to talk about the different types of clothes they were wearing and comparing them to others as well as talking about the countries where they might live…These children from around the world blocks and houses of the world are so awesome for opening up discussions about different cultures and houses