Yompai musings

Heuristic play is a hands-on approach to learning that encourages children to explore and experiment with everyday objects. to encourage exploration and discovery. The focus is on the process rather than the end result, allowing children to develop their cognitive, physical, and social skills in a natural and self-directed way.

At its core, heuristic play is about providing children with opportunities to explore and make sense of the world around them. It encourages them to use their senses, experiment with cause and effect, and develop problem-solving skills. By engaging with a range of objects, children can learn about different textures, shapes, colors, and weights, while also honing their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

If you are a cheese lover, wooden cheese boards are wonderful for displaying and serving cheeses and accompanying food and they look fantastic in your kitchen or on your dining room table. But if you feel creative, there are a range of different  ways to use your wooden board

One popular way to use a cheese board is as a charcuterie board, a platter that will typically include a variety of meats, cheeses, fruits and crackers.  If this is something that appeals, makes sure you choose a variety of flavours and textures in what you have on the board.

Why use a wooden cup? Won't they leak? Don't they taste funny?

There are a few questions around wooden cups. Yet throughout history people have been using wooden cups, for a long time because other materials were simply not available and then in more recent years, because people have been trying to go back to more natural, eco friendly materials.

Can a wooden spoon stop your pot from boiling over?

Clips of people laying a wooden spoon over the top of a boiling pot and watching the pasta subside are easily found on tik tok and youtube

Why Wooden Platters?

Like most things there are advantages and disadvantages. Using wooden platters is the same. Depending on what you need one for or where you want to use it, wooden platters may not be for you.

But there are many advantages to using wooden platters

Why use Toast Tongs?

The primary reason is for safety. Metal tongs are like metal knives in your toaster, dangerous. Wooden Toast Tongs, if dry, are not good conductors of electricity and are safe to use to extract your piece of toast or bagel that has gotten bent out of shape in the toaster. 

When choosing a wooden bowl for your NZ home, it is important to consider the type of woodgrain, colour and durability. Do they match your home and decor.

We have been out of salt where I live for a couple of weeks, no idea why. Finally back in stores Monday this week.

We use salt and spices for all kinds of things, personally I don't eat much but I do use it daily as a mouth wash for my gums on the advice of my dental hygienist.

Our handcrafted salt and spice spoons are a great way to add or serve salts and spices. Completely plastic free!