Here are ten simple water play ideas that you could try with your children.
Literacy outside :: great tips for summer learning
After our garden audit we’re gearing up to make more use of our outdoor space now the summer is on the way. Here are five quick and easy ideas we’re using to take our literacy outside.
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Flower sensory tub
A beautiful flower sensory tub idea that takes just minutes to set up but can give a whole morning of happy play.
Flower sensory tub
[Read more…]Alphabet letter sounds activity for the water tub
Trisha from Inspiration Laboratories is with us today in our ABCs and 123 letter and number activities series, with a super sensory, super fun way to learn alphabet letter sounds.
Alphabet letter sounds activity for the water tub
Water play experiments: learning through play
We’ve been enjoying some water play this week, as requested by the children. They love the sensory play element and I love that it’s the cleanest messy play activity around! The addition of a few extra materials, and some question prompts from me, turned their water play into some science experiments and maths play.
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Groovy dolls’ houses and snail gardens
Some fun ideas from around the web that I think you’ll love this week include:
Sara’s Art House’s groovy dolls’ house transformation, which is making me want to give our plain one a makeover
Strong Start’s snail garden, which combines growing, small world play and up-close observation of some mini beasts (and what do you thikn of my snail picture?)
Sand and Water Tables video clips of young scientists and engineers delighting in their water play discoveries