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A peek inside our sessions

Every tray, craft and set-up here is from a real Pudgy Penguin Play session in our Beaconsfield home studio. Themes change all the time, so no two weeks look the same. A parent or carer stays with each child for the whole visit.

Photos of children are shared with their family's permission.

Dinosaur small-world tray with blue water beads, river stones, ferns, sand, toy dinosaurs and a bamboo chute. A little one in a pink tutu dips into pots of coloured foam while decorating a play cake, with a tray of pom poms and stars alongside. Construction-themed sensory tray with toy diggers, pebbles, pasta, tiny bricks and crumbly brown dirt laid out around a road circuit. A child holds out two hands covered in blue and purple paint above a messy painting mat. Potion-making tray themed on the picture book Room on the Broom, with silver teapots, jugs, scented powder, dried petals and a broom. Story time in the undercover outdoor area: a grown-up reads a picture book to a small group of children sitting on the play mats. Cake decorating invitation themed on the picture book Spot Bakes a Cake: a plain two-tier play cake with straw candles, pots of coloured foam icing, pom poms and sprinkles. The finished play cake covered in swirls of coloured foam, sprinkles, stars and straw candles. Two decorated two-tier play cakes covered in pink, purple and blue foam, sprinkles and pipe-cleaner candles, on display in the studio. A child scoops blue water beads in an ocean sensory tray with shells, sand and mermaid figures. The home studio set up with a play shop counter, bunting, baskets of pretend fruit, a toy kitchen and a dolls' corner, with the Pudgy Penguin Play logo on the wall. A little one in a pink smock paints orange circles on a big sheet of paper at an easel. Story tray themed on the picture book Wombat Stew, with the book standing in a cooking pot surrounded by sticks, gumnuts, feathers and Australian animal cut-outs. A child in a space ranger costume kneels on the Wombat Stew tray and stirs a muddy stew in the big pot. A bowl of ice blocks with flowers frozen inside, surrounded by citrus slices, leaves and sprigs of baby's breath floating in water. A child's hand reaches into a tray of yellow and white foam dotted with pink and white flowers and small bowls. A grown-up kneels on the play mat helping two little ones squeeze colour into a tray, with a citrus sensory tray beside them. Indoor play corner set up for construction week with a climbing arch, hi-vis vests on a stand, cardboard bricks, traffic cones and a road play mat. A little one in a blue smock and cap stamps blue and purple paint onto a big cardboard house. Children mix potions together at the potion-making tray, pouring from silver teapots into bowls of petals and powder. Close-up of a potions table with a silver teapot, glass jars, a purple perfume bottle, lavender-coloured powder and silk flowers. Pretend coffee shop set-up with takeaway cups and lids, a coffee plunger, a wooden bowl of brown sensory filler, sprinkles and sugar cubes. Green playdough pressed with mint leaves, dried flowers and petals, with pink and yellow playdough and dried orange slices nearby. Close-up of dyed pasta shapes in green, orange and brown, ready for a sensory tray. A child leans over a dinosaur tray full of red beads, stones and pink foam, stirring with a spoon.
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