There are surprisingly few objects that begin with the letter E – especially ones that we could base a fine motor activity around. I wanted to avoid anything to do with ears or eyes so to continue our A-Z of Fine Motor Play series we opted for eels! Our Eel Fine Motor Play activity was…
Dinosaur Fine Motor Hunt
Continuing our A-Z of Fine Motor Skills series we are on letter D. Having a three-year-old son, we couldn’t miss the opportunity to create a dinosaur themed activity. Why is that most toddlers go through a dinosaur obsession? Our Dinosaur Fine Motor Hunt was incredibly easy to set up and lasted most of the morning….
Water Bead Balloon for Hand Strengthening
For the second letter in our A to Z of Fine Motor Series, we created a Water Bead Balloon for Hand Strengthening. This activity helps children better the control of their hand muscles, improve and strengthen their hand grasp. So far we haven’t completed many activities that focus on developing my son’s hand muscles. He…
Astronaut Pretend Play with Fine Motor Practice
We are excited to be starting our second A-Z series. This time we will be focusing on fine motor skill activities across the alphabet. Today we are kicking off the series with A is for Astronaut Fine Motor Skills. What is it with young children and their obsession with space? The topic seems to capture…
33 Ideas to Play, Learn and Create with Yarn
Yarn is one of our favorite mediums, I always keep scraps around, and not once, I have used recycled yarn for play. Here we share 33 different ideas to use yarn for play, learning, arts and crafts with kids. Make a start with our Yarn Minion Sensory Bin. Engineer a Yarn Wrapped Twirling Twig Mobile….
Yarn Minion Sensory Bin
Yarn is a resource we have never explored. As we are on our penultimate letter in our A-Z of Sensory Play Series I thought it was time to experiment with Yarn. However, I only had three colours which were yellow, blue and black yarn. Now in our family yellow and blue can only mean one thing…
X-Ray Playdough
As we come to the end of our A-Z of Sensory Play the letters certainly become harder. However, I had one activity I had been looking forward to exploring with the letter X: X-Ray Playdough. I used Imagination Tree’s no cook play dough recipe and added black food colouring to the boiling water. After several minutes…
Water Sensory Play
Our Water Sensory Bin is probably our quickest ever sensory activity to set up. I only had to find the items, pour water into a bowl and that was it! I laid out a large towel on the floor and placed our 33 Litre Really Useful Under Bed Plastic Storage Box on top. I then slotted our…
Counting Roses Activity for Valentine’s Day
For today’s activity, we used some of the supplies from recycle bin and some stuff we had at home to create simple counting activity for toddler. Counting roses activity helps with learning numbers 1-5 and doubles as fine motor skill practice. Counting roses activity has been done in our house before Valentine’s day but you…
Slippery LEGO Sensory Play
Some of the best ideas for play and learning comes from kids, as they take one activity and turn it into completely different direction! Similar happened with an activity we are sharing here, the one we called Slippery LEGO sensory play and it all began with a simple sensory bin filled with water beads! Both…