Fleetwood mum inspires parents with messy play ideas for children at home

A mum from Fleetwood hopes to inspire other parents to get involved with messy play while staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
By Rebecca Beardmore
Published 28th Apr 2020, 17:00 BST

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Cait Guinney, 23, of Homestead Drive, Fleetwood, is a childcare practitioner at Toddle Inn nursery on Lofthouse Way.

After the nursery closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, she wanted to continue to educate one-year-old daughter Skyla Partington at home.

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Cait said: "I set up a page on Facebook to show other parents what me and Skyla get up to every day while she can't go to nursery.

Cait Guinney, 23, is a childcare practitioner and has set up a page to inspire other parents to get involved with messy play activities while they are indoors during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: Cait Guinney)Cait Guinney, 23, is a childcare practitioner and has set up a page to inspire other parents to get involved with messy play activities while they are indoors during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: Cait Guinney)
Cait Guinney, 23, is a childcare practitioner and has set up a page to inspire other parents to get involved with messy play activities while they are indoors during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: Cait Guinney)

"We do lots of messy play and some sensory activities, so they're great for all children. The activities develop her skills and keep us both busy too.

"I knew it was important to keep doing things for her mental development, and I just thought it might help other parents who needed ideas and wanted to try different things."

Skyla's activities include messy play with soap and body lotion, painting with coloured ice, and fishing for peas to develop her fine motor skills and hand to eye coordination.

You can follow Skyla's page for lockdown activity ideas for your children here.

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