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Did you see the marble painting we did yesterday? It was great roly-poly fun and we decided that instead of just adding to our picture gallery we would use the designs to make a shape garland. We had lots of chat about which shapes we would use and decided to stick with circles, . . . → Read More: Shape garland
A thrifty tip for free toys: collect the lids off your milk bottles and jars. Wash them, dry them and give them to your children and see the creative ways they use them. (Make sure you don’t give very small children lids so small they could be a choking hazard.) My girls . . . → Read More: Games using bottle tops
I’m looking for fun ways to teach shapes – got any ideas for me? We started our mission by eating a lunch of circles, easy to make a whole meal of circles once you start looking! Happily shared with ABCand123 Have some fun with bean bags! We have four colours of bean bags so we chose four coloured chalks to match. We drew four different shapes and numbered them 1 to 4. Then it was time to play. Have a go at colour matching – can you throw the blue bean bag . . . → Read More: Bean bag games
Here’s a quick idea you could try to explore shapes with your child. Take a kitchen washing-up sponge and cut it into different shapes using some scissors. We made rectangles, squares and triangles. Talk with your child about the shapes: How many sides do they have? What are they called? Can . . . → Read More: Sponge painting shapes  |
   
                    
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