This fall has brought with it major changes to the composition of our childcare home. This summer- we were quite busy with a number of school-aged children. When they went back to school - we enrolled a couple of new families and welcomed back some of our younger children who had taken the summer off. All of our infants have also grown and reached the stage in development where they have become mobile and are ready for more exploration! We are all born ready to learn and explore! Here is a simple create I made to give the children HOURS of exploration fun! I took a cardboard box (this one had holes in it already, but you could put holes in any box) and a plastic basket and I taped them together to make a ramp. The box is closed at the top of the ramp, but I opened it and taped the sides at the bottom. The children have spent HOURS exploring this contraption. I filled the white basket with ball pit balls ...