Will You Play With Me? - Do I Really Have To?
This individual guide is part of the Summer Toolkit
A survival guide for parents who love their kids… but don’t love playing pretend for the eighth time before 8am.
This no-fluff resource is for anyone who finds child-led play a bit of a slog - but still wants to nurture imagination, connection, and confidence at home. It shares smart, low-effort ways to stay involved without losing the will to live. Includes creative redirection tips, play ideas that require minimal adult energy, and a refreshing reminder: we can all feel this way.
Because great play doesn’t have to mean great acting.
This individual guide is part of the Summer Toolkit
A survival guide for parents who love their kids… but don’t love playing pretend for the eighth time before 8am.
This no-fluff resource is for anyone who finds child-led play a bit of a slog - but still wants to nurture imagination, connection, and confidence at home. It shares smart, low-effort ways to stay involved without losing the will to live. Includes creative redirection tips, play ideas that require minimal adult energy, and a refreshing reminder: we can all feel this way.
Because great play doesn’t have to mean great acting.
This individual guide is part of the Summer Toolkit
A survival guide for parents who love their kids… but don’t love playing pretend for the eighth time before 8am.
This no-fluff resource is for anyone who finds child-led play a bit of a slog - but still wants to nurture imagination, connection, and confidence at home. It shares smart, low-effort ways to stay involved without losing the will to live. Includes creative redirection tips, play ideas that require minimal adult energy, and a refreshing reminder: we can all feel this way.
Because great play doesn’t have to mean great acting.
Me? Again?
Finding it hard to play with your child and feel remotely stimulated yourself?
You're not alone.
If your soul quietly dies every time you're asked to "just be the baby again", or you find yourself mentally writing a shopping list mid-game, welcome. This guide is for you.
Because here’s the thing: play is essential for your child’s development - but it doesn’t mean it has to be soul-sapping for you. Imagination is a muscle, and sometimes yours needs a bit of caffeine and creative redirection to get going.
What this resource is:
A bunch of smart, slightly cheeky ways to keep the play child-led without losing the will to live.
These play ideas keep your child’s imagination front and centre while giving you just enough edge to stay engaged.