We’ve been doing some baking this week – made our Christmas cake, complete with wishes – and L was really interested in the scales we were using. In the past, although she’s always joined in, it’s been big sister who’s done most of the weighting, so it was interesting this time too see L looking closely at all those numbers and trying to weigh her own hand. Time for an experiment to answer L’s repeated question: what does it weigh?
This space game is fun to play and gives you lots of scope to work on counting, subtracting, multiplication, number patterns, lively actions and space facts.
It’s versatile and can be adapted for children of different ages – and it’s really easy to make. Here’s how to make and play Blast Off! together with a great selection of other space games and activities you can use to explore all about space.
Baby and Toddler discovery baskets
Glue, salt and watercolour paints
Download The Homemade Play Dough Recipe Book
Multicultural Faces Play Doug Mats
Play dough pizza parlour with printables
Play dough bakery with printables
Strawberry jello play dough recipe
Under the sea play dough printables
Glue, salt and watercolour paints
Chistmas salt dough decorations
Colour mixing with shaving foam
It’s fairy week on NurtureStore! We celebrated my daughter’s seventh birthday last weekend with a fairy party, with lots of fairy-themed food, crafts and play. I have some lovely, simple-to-do, full-of-play ideas to share with you this week, starting with today’s idea: how to make a fairy!
Here’s a kids’ art project inspired by our recent trip to the beach :: have you ever tried painting landscapes?
