Barefoot play is more than just fun—it’s essential for childhood development. Without shoes, kids improve their balance, coordination, and sensory awareness. From feeling cool grass to exploring textures, going barefoot encourages natural movement and healthy growth.

15 x Top Tips for Potty Training
Wondering when to start potty training? Some toddlers are ready before age 2! Learn how to encourage your little one if they’re showing signs of readiness.
Learning Series – Body Art
There are so many fun ways to teach body awareness. Children learn about their bodies through movement, touch and the visual and auditory senses. This game is all about naming body parts and getting...
Learning Series – Number concept – Bath time fun
Who would have thought that bath time could be used to teach number concept? Water based games can teach your little one all about volume, weight, and the concept of full and empty. Here’s how to...
Are you communicating effectively?
You’re home from school and you ask you child how his day went. `Fine’ he says or `Fun’ or `It was ok’. Do you at times find yourself struggling to get any response or to engage in a way that is...
A healthy, happy mum equals a healthy happy family. Healthy eating and exercise tips.
There’s no doubt that a healthy, happy mum equals a healthy happy family too! Wellness expert, Lisa Raleigh shares her simple strategies to boost your energy and feel your best as a busy mom. It may...
10 Body Awareness Games for your preschooler – That won’t cost you a cent!
If a child has a good image of his body (how it works, how it moves, how it feels), he will have a sound base on which to build perceptual skills that are needed for effective academic classroom...
What’s wrong with W-sitting?
“W” sitting. Have you heard of it? A friend of mine has a child who “W’” sits and was concerned about it. We decided to chat to Nicole Hilburn, Paediatric Physiotherapist and Clamber Club Expert....
#3 Questions to Ask Your Child Every Night
I often wonder how to foster open communication with my little girl as she gets older. Of course now she is too little and hardly talks, but when she starts going to playschool and then onto primary...
Having a ball!
A ball is one of the best and most indispensable of toys! Ball games can develop many different skills, and are a never ending source of fun for almost any baby, toddler or pre- schooler. Liz Senior...
A fun use for disposable doctor’s gloves.
One of the things that I absolutely love about doing activities with my children, is thinking of new and different ways to use everyday items. I have come to learn that almost everything has an...
Clamber Club Goes to the Zoo
Every term Clamber Club organises an outing and this term we were lucky enough to visit the Johannesburg Zoo. Two excited little girls with their Clamber Club lunch boxes (the littlest one...
Tape Squares for Spatial Awareness
It has been a very busy weekend so far and unsurprisingly my children are still going. I swear that if I were able to expend the amount of energy that they do I would be as skinny as a pole! When we...
Cardboard Tunnels
Almost everybody knows the story of the parents who bought their children expensive toys or games etc… only to have them more interested in the box they came in. I have certainly experienced this...
Jog The Frog Says
I remember playing this game (more commonly known as Simon Says) when I was a child and like most children, I was completely unaware of how beneficial it was to my Body Awareness development....
Autumn Leaf People
Autumn is one of my favourite seasons. Not only does the weather start cooling down (I am a winter baby and don’t do well in the heat) but it also offers a multitude of craft materials and ideas to...
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
We had just finished making body puzzles for our Body Awareness craft and I decided that seeing as though I already had the song stuck in my head we may as well crank up the volume and do some...
Passageway Maze
It is raining, and freezing (winter) and apparently the weather thinks that Johannesburg is actually Cape Town. Oh yes, and the kids are bored. Now, I am all up for the kids watching a bit of tv...