“I want to do sperimenting” Noah said one afternoon. “You want to do what??” I asked, not understanding his unusual four year old pronunciation. “Sperimenting, like we did the other day… sperimenting with the dwoppers!” Ooooh… he means experimenting, like when we played with some eye droppers and coloured water a while back I love […]
Eye Dropper Activity Tray
Eye droppers are fabulous tools for kids. They work the small muscles in their hands, which they need to develop for writing, plus you can do so many fun things with them! My ten year old helped me set up a surprise for her little brother and together we created this fun eye dropper activity […]
Kinetic Sand Stamping – Easy Sensory Play.
Try this fun and easy way to play with kinetic sand! It said it right there on the box “98% sand and 2% magic” and as I dumped the kinetic sand out onto the tray we discovered how true that statement was. It looks just like ordinary sand, the stuff you’d find at the beach, […]
Finger Painting With Added Extras!
Finger painting is all about squishing, smoooshing, sliding, squelching, wiggling, and slipping around in paint. It’s more sensory experience that art actvity, and it is all about the process, the doing, and not much about the finished product. We LOVE to finger paint at our house. We love to get our hands all slippery with […]
Five Easy Alternatives to a Water Table
I love to set up water play and other sensory play for my kids. It can get a little messy but it’s an activity that always engages my kids for long periods, they will often all happily play together and it seems to calm fractious nerves, so it is worth a little mess. We don’t […]
People Play Dough Mats – Free Printable!
Grab some playdough and make some people with these free printable people play dough mats. There are bodies and faces to print, make and decorate.
Using What You’ve Got – A quick and easy invitiation to play.
We have had some great fun creating elaborate imaginative play set ups and fancy sensory activities. When I have the time and the motivation I love creating these kinds of activities for my kids. But I don’t always have the time, or the motivation, or the equipment, or the space, or the energy. Sometimes it’s […]
Super Sensory Play – Sludge!
The other day Noah had a go at some simple collage. He loved sticking the strips of paper onto the base, but he also loved the feel of the simple home made paste. Ever since then I have been thinking… wondering… what would happen if I cooked up a huge batch of paste to play […]